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Inspired by Thomas Mann's novel "The Buddenbrooks", the mini-series will unveil the moving story of the Mann dynasty. We are drawn into this saga through the use of historical footage, interviews of Mann's family members and friends and fictionalized reconstruction of the events that stamped this family. It is a story of love and hate, of togetherness and separation, of the will to survive and the longing for death. No other German family has written about, lived in and shaped the passing century to such an extent as this family of merchants and writers from Lübeck. With Thomas Mann's youngest daughter Elisabeth, we follow the Mann's odyssey, from Lübeck, Munich and Berlin, to the Côte d'Azur and the United States.

Germany / France - 2001 - 3 x 1 h 44 mn - 35 mm - Colour

Réalisation Heinrich Breloer Scénario Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein Image Gernot Roll Son Karsten Ullrich Décors Götz Weidner Montage Monika Bednarz-Rauschenbach Musique Hans-Peter Stroër Avec Armin Mueller-Stahl, Monica Bleibtreu, Jürgen Hentsch, Veronica Ferres, Sebastian Koch, Sophie Rois

Production Bavaria Film GmbH, Bavariafilmplatz 7, 82031 Geiselgasteig, Allemagne Tél : +49 89 6499 3194 Fax : +49 89 6499 3195 E-mail : presse@bavaria-film.de Co-Production ARTE G.E.I.E., Westdeutscher Rundfunk, NDR

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