Buddenbrooks

A Broken Marriage (1x4)

Air date: Nov 05, 1979

In 1850, Bendix Grünlich faced bankruptcy. And because his marriage to Tony has broken up anyway, Consul Johann Buddenbrook drops him. Tony then returns to the family home with her daughter, where she, as a divorced woman, loses all connection to society. She only takes part in the "Consul's Jerusalem Evenings", which he organizes for clergymen traveling through. The older he gets, the more pious he gets. In 1855 there was a fundamental change at Buddenbrook ...