Buddenbrooks (1923)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Buddenbrooks The Buddenbrooks |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1923 |
| length | 105 (1923) 85 (2001) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gerhard Lamprecht |
| script |
Alfred Fekete Luise Heilborn-Körbitz Gerhard Lamprecht based on the novel of the same name (1901) by Thomas Mann |
| production | Albert Pommer for Dea-Film (Berlin) |
| music | Giuseppe Becce |
| camera |
Erich Waschneck Herbert Stephan |
| occupation | |
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Buddenbrooks is a German silent film from 1923 by Gerhard Lamprecht based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Mann .
action
Lübeck, at the end of the 19th century. Despite his youth, Thomas Buddenbrook, a leading member of a respected Hanseatic merchant family, received the order from his hometown to handle a large delivery of grain for them. Failure to meet the deadline risks a high contractual penalty. Thomas' brother Christian, who leads an artist's life far from Lübeck, then returns home and works as a partner in the family business.
Tony, the sister of the two brothers, is forced to marry Bendix Grünlich, whom the Buddenbrooks consider to be an economically good match. It later turns out that he is heavily in debt.
Production notes
Buddenbrooks , also known as Die Buddenbrooks , was manufactured in mid-1923 on behalf of Erich Pommer's older brother Albert. The film passed the censorship on August 16, 1923 and was premiered on August 31, 1923 in Berlin's Tauentzienpalast . Buddenbrooks had a length of six files over 2,383 meters. An approximately 85-minute fragment has been preserved and was republished in 2001 in a restored version.
The film structures come from Otto Moldenhauer .
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: “To its advantage, the subject has only taken over the conflicts of the accusation and otherwise represents a modern, consistently very gripping film plot, lovingly worked through by the director and brought to bear in all details. The presentation is consistently excellent, the presentation is clean work as well as the photos. "
“Gerhard Lamprecht's direction in the 'Buddenbrooks' (1923) has proven most clearly that the spiritual content and the emotional values of a novel can be reproduced purely on film, if one only perceives the essence of the play of light in literary terms, delimits it and in all its possibilities recorded, not least when all the actors forego showmanship and starry, as is the case here: Alfred Abel, RA Roberts, Mady Christians to name just a few names. Lamprecht's work 'Buddenbrooks' has become a 'German film', a real work of art. "
“Lamprecht's silent film, which the Kinemathek is presenting in a carefully restored and viraged version, is becoming an actor's triumph. Contrary to Thomas Mann's negative judgment - 'indifferent business drama' - Lamprecht has succeeded in making a respectable film, thanks in particular to the excellent cast of actors, which of course cannot be measured against the novel. Alfred Abel as Christian Buddenbrook is particularly outstanding: he plays the enfant terrible with dancing grace, never loses his dignity in all the capers and keeps the balance between easy-going carefree and shame about the worries he causes his family. "
Secondary literature
- Christiane Schönfeld: The reception in silent films. In: Nicole Mattern, Stefan Neuhaus (eds.): Buddenbrooks manual. Metzler, Stuttgart 2018, pp. 58–63. ISBN 978-3-476-04649-9 .
Web links
- Buddenbrooks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Buddenbrooks at filmportal.de
- Buddenbrooks at city46.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buddenbrooks in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Buddenbrooks. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
