The Buddenbrooks (TV series)

The Buddenbrooks (German: Die Buddenbrooks) is a television series which originally aired on ARD in 1979. Based on the 1901 novel Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, it was made as a co-production between France and West Germany.

Selected cast

 * Ursula Dirichs as Ida Jungmann
 * Reinhild Solf as Tony
 * Volkert Kraeft as Thomas
 * Gerd Böckmann as Christian
 * Ruth Leuwerik as Konsulin
 * Udo Thomer as Marcus, Prokurist
 * Noëlle Châtelet as Gerda
 * Adem Rimpapa as Hanno Buddenbrook
 * Barbara Markus as Erika Grünlich
 * Alexander Hegarth as Dr. Grabow
 * Regine Lutz as Sesemi Weichbrodt
 * Elisabeth Endriss as Mlle. Popinet
 * Martin Benrath as Konsul Buddenbrook
 * Carl Raddatz as Johann Buddenbrook sen.
 * Katharina Brauren as Antoinette Buddenbrook
 * Michael Degen as Bendix Grünlich