Filmaufbau

Second part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th century Germany.

An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.

One of the more important European avant-garde films of the post-war period, this feature-length work offered a devastating comment on the mid-century European mood. A macabre landscape of impotence and absurdity, peopled by ambiguous travellers, finally explodes into senseless violence.