- Country: West Germany
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1960-03-22
- Director: Alfred Weidenmann
- Writers: Harald Braun , Jacob Geis , Erika Mann , Thomas Mann
- Language: German
- Stars: Liselotte Pulver , Liselotte Pulver , Hansjörg Felmy , Nadja Tiller , Nadja Tiller , Hanns Lothar , Lil Dagover , Werner Hinz , Rudolf Platte , Günther Lüders , Robert Graf , Wolfgang Wahl
- Runtime: 99 min
- Awards: 4 wins & 2 nominations
- AKA: Huset Buddenbrook (Denmark) , The Buddenbrooks (United States of America) , Buddenbrooks - en familjs ära och förfall (Sweden) , Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil , Buddenbrookit (Finland) , Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil , Les buddenbrook (France, French Republic)
- Plot: First part of the saga of a wealthy German family in the middle of the 19th century, based on the novel by Thomas Mann. Jean Buddenbrook is the strict and ambitious leader of the family and the head of the family business. He forces daughter Antonie into a marriage with a man she does not love, and when son Christian, an irresponsible playboy and womanizer, falls for the wrong kind of woman, he sends him abroad to England. Son Thomas is the only one of the children who has any interest in the family business, and when Jean dies unexpectedly, he takes over and extends the business, making his brother Christian, now back from England, a partner. Before long the brothers have a falling out. Antonie's marriage is on the rocks, her husband is in financial trouble, and Thomas refuses to help him.
- IMDB:tt0052656
The Buddenbrooks Cast · · · ALL
Alfred Weidenmann
Director
Liselotte Pulver
Antonie Buddenbrook
Hansjörg Felmy
Thomas Buddenbrook
Hanns Lothar
Christian Buddenbrook
Lil Dagover
Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Werner Hinz
Jean Buddenbrook
Nadja Tiller
Gerda Arnoldsen
Rudolf Platte
Herr Wenzel
Günther Lüders
Corle Smolt
Robert Graf
Bendix Grünlich
Wolfgang Wahl
Hermann Hagenström
Gustav Knuth
Diederich Schwarzkopf
Joseph Offenbach
Bankier Kesselmeyer
Paul Hartmann
Pastor Kölling
Hans Leibelt
Dr. Friedrich Grabow
Carsta Löck
Ida Jungmann
Hela Gruel
Sesemi Weichbrodt
Hans Paetsch
Arnoldsen
Horst Janson
Morten Schwarzkopf
Karl Ludwig Lindt
Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus
Gustl Halenke
Clara Buddenbrook
Helga Feddersen
Clothilde Buddenbrook
Günther Jerschke
Ernst Brasch