"First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany."
Liselotte Pulver
as Antonie Buddenbrook
Hansjörg Felmy
as Thomas Buddenbrook
Hanns Lothar
as Christian Buddenbrook
Lil Dagover
as Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Werner Hinz
as Jean Buddenbrook
Nadja Tiller
as Gerda Arnoldsen
Rudolf Platte
as Herr Wenzel
Günther Lüders
as Corle Smolt
Robert Graf
as Bendix Grünlich
Wolfgang Wahl
as Hermann Hagenström
Gustav Knuth
as Diederich Schwarzkopf
Joseph Offenbach
as Bankier Kesselmeyer
Paul Hartmann
as Pastor Kölling
Hans Leibelt
as Dr. Friedrich Grabow
Carsta Löck
as Ida Jungmann
Ellen Roedler
as Anna
Hela Gruel
as Sesemi Weichbrodt
Hans Paetsch
as Arnoldsen
Horst Janson
as Morten Schwarzkopf
Fritz Schmiedel
as Sigismund Gosch
Karl Ludwig Lindt
as Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus
Gustl Halenke
as Clara Buddenbrook
Helga Feddersen
as Clothilde Buddenbrook
Frank Freytag
as Sievert Tiburtius
Günther Jerschke
as
Wilhelm Walter
Ernst Brasch
Alfred Weidenmann
Director
Arno Richter
Art Direction
Thomas Mann
Novel
Robert Herlth
Erika Mann
Writer
Jacob Geis
Caspar van den Berg
Editor
Eberhard Krause
Executive Producer
Kurt Herlth
Werner Eisbrenner
Original Music Composer
Friedl Behn-Grund
Director of Photography
Herbert Ploberger
Costume Design
Zlata Mehlers
Assistant Director
Hans Abich
Producer
Production Design
Harald Braun