Buddenbrooks: The Decline Of A Family (in German: Die Buddenbrocks: Verfall einer Familie) is a major early work by Thomas Mann.
In this family saga Mann portrays the decline and downfall of a wealthy mercantile family in Northern Germany. Several film adaptations were produced since the book was published in 1901, the latest in 2008 starring Armin Mueller- Stahl.
SBS 2 will air the Buddenbrooks on Sunday, 28 August at 10 pm.
"BUDDENBROOKS - THE DECLINE OF A FAMILY is the gripping cinematic adaptation of Thomas Mann’s Nobel Prize-Winning novel of 1900. Touching upon the fate of three generations (years of 1835-1877), we witness the rise and fall of a merchant family in Northern Germany. In a society that is poised to change, family values seem doomed to change with it. Personal longings that were supposed to be sacrificed for the greater good of the family business now threaten to break apart a dynasty that was characterized by diligence and hard work and by faith and respect.
