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
