Buddenbrooks (2008)
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43% of users liked it
(273 ratings)
Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family… More Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family relations.
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 2 hr. 32 min.
- Directed By
- Heinrich Breloer
- Written By
- Thomas Mann, Heinrich Breloer
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 2008 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 10, 2007
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Boyd van Hoeij, Variety
Big-name German cast is aces, but helmer Heinrich Breloer struggles to lift his big-budget sudser to the level of epic tragedy.
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Jules Brenner, Cinema Signals
Isn't likely to achieve a widening of American interest in German cinema any more than it realizes its literary pedigree.
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