BUDDENBROOKS – THE DECLINE OF A FAMILY
synopsis
The rise and decline of a merchant family in the bourgeois aristocracy in Luebeck in their fight and sacrifice for the economic survival of the family and their pursuit of happiness and impossible love.
The cinematic adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel of 1900.
| international title: | Buddenbrooks – The Decline of a Family |
| original title: | Die Buddenbrooks |
| country: | Germany |
| sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH |
| year: | 2008 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Heinrich Breloer |
| release date: | DE 25/12/2008, AT 26/12/2008, BE 28/01/2009, NL 12/03/2009, PL 20/08/2010 |
| screenplay: | Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein |
| cast: | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jessica Schwarz, August Diehl, Mark Waschke, Iris Berben, Léa Bosco, Justus von Dohnanyi, Martin Feifel, Fedja van Huet |
| cinematography by: | Gernot Roll |
| film editing: | Barbara von Weitershausen |
| art director: | Götz Weidner |
| music: | Hans-Peter Ströer |
| producer: | Matthias Esche, Michael Hild, Jan Kaiser, Uschi Reich, Winka Wulff, Burkhard von Schenk |
| production: | Bavaria Film, Pirol Film Production, Colonia Media Filmproduktion, WDR, NDR, SWR, BR, Degeto Film (DE), ORF (AT), ARTE |
| backing: | FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Filmstiftung NRW, MEDIA |
| distributor: | Warner Bros. Germany, Abc Distribution, Cinemien, Gutek Films |
