Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also Gerhard Lamprecht’s first major film.
Thomas Buddenbrook
Gerda Arnoldsen
Christian Buddenbrook
Tony Buddenbrook
Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Reeder Arnoldsen
Konsul Krüger
Babette, Frau des Konsuls
Bendix Grünlich, Agent
Renee Throta
Sesemi Weichbrodt
Aline Puvogel
Kesselmeyer
Kapitän Kloot
Kutscher Grobleben
Pokurist
Bürgermeister Oeverdieck
Smith