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Buddenbrooks Director: Gerhard Lamprecht Year: 1923 Format: Silent Film, Black & White Runtime: 84 MinutesBased on Thomas Mann’s acclaimed 1901 novel Buddenbrooks, Gerhard Lamprecht’s 1923 silent film chronicles the gradual decline of a wealthy merchant family in Lübeck, Germany. Through carefully selected episodes, the film depicts the Buddenbrooks’ rise to prominence and their slow descent as personal misfortunes and societal changes erode their prosperity and ideals. Key figures include Thomas, Christian, and Tony Buddenbrook, whose lives are marked by ill-fated marriages, flawed decisions, and personal disappointments.
The story culminates in the tragic figure of Hanno Buddenbrook, Thomas’s frail and artistic son, whose love for music and art contrasts with the family’s mercantile ambitions and signals the end of the Buddenbrook lineage. Lamprecht frames the narrative with atmospheric visuals of Lübeck, blending drama and documentary realism, creating an elegant, if silent, portrayal of generational decline.
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