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DVD

Buddenbrooks

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

German dialogue; English subtitles.

Performers

Martin Benrath, Ruth Levwerik, Volker Kraeft, Reinhild Solf, Gern Böckmann.

Publication Information

[Port Washington, NY] : E1 Entertainment, [2009]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (638 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

The sweeping tale of the rise and fall of a wealthy German merchant family, Buddenbrooks dramatizes the conflict between family loyalty and personal freedom.

Notes

Based on the novel by Thomas Mann.

Originally broadcast on PBS as part of the television series "Great Performances."

Originally produced as a TV-mini series in 1979.

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