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Buddenbrooks -German movie night
Thu Oct 23, 7:00 PM
Lamakaan and Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad
Buddenbrooks
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht
Year: 1923
Format: Silent Film, Black & White
Runtime: 84 Minutes
Based 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.
All are Welcome!
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht
Year: 1923
Format: Silent Film, Black & White
Runtime: 84 Minutes
Based 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.
All are Welcome!