---
title: 'The Buddenbrooks (1923)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gerhard Lamprecht'
released: '1923-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-buddenbrooks-1923'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013901/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Buddenbrooks (1923)

1923 · 105 min · Drama · Weimar Republic, Germany

Original title: Buddenbrooks

## Synopsis

The Buddenbrooks is a 1923 German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Peter Esser, Mady Christians, and Alfred Abel. It is based on Thomas Mann's 1901 novel The Buddenbrooks.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gerhard Lamprecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-lamprecht)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Giuseppe Becce](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-becce)
- **Director of Photography:** [Erich Waschneck](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-waschneck)

## Cast

- [Elsa Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-wagner) as Therese Weichbrodt
- [Karl Platen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-platen) as Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus
- [Franz Egenieff](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-egenieff)
- [Kurt Vespermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-vespermann) as René Maria von Throta
- [Hermann Vallentin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-vallentin)
- [Friedrich Taeger](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-taeger) as Dr. Kaspar Oeverdieck
- [Ralph Arthur Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-arthur-roberts) as Bendix Grünlich
- [Robert Leffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-leffler)
- [Philipp Manning](https://cinepixo.com/people/philipp-manning)
- [Rudolf Zopp](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-zopp) as Consul Lebrecht Kröger
- [Alfred Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-abel) as Christian Buddenbrook
- [Charlotte Böcklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-bocklin) as Aline Puvogel
- [Peter Esser](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-esser) as Thomas Buddenbrook
- [Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/auguste-prasch-grevenberg) as Babette
- [Mady Christians](https://cinepixo.com/people/mady-christians) as Gerda Buddenbrook

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