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This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.Read moreLess
This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.
The story
This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid aristocratic father and a music-loving mother. Wandering throughout Germany and Italy to "find himself," Tonio frequently remembers his childhood experiences in a series of flashbacks. The highlight of the film is the expert lensing by cinematographer Wolf Wirth. Erika Mann, the daughter of the late poet and author, collaborated with Ennio Flaiano on the screenplay.
Cast & crew
Jean-Claude BrialyTonio Kröger als Erwachsener
Mathieu CarrièreTonio Kröger als Junge
Nadja TillerLisaweta Iwanowna
Werner HinzKonsul Kröger
Rudolf ForsterHerr Seehase
Walter GillerKaufmann
Theo LingenTanzmeister Knaak
Günther LüdersBeamter der Volksbibliothek
Beppo BremAdalbert Prantl
Gert FröbePolizist Petersen
Joachim TeegeBibliothekarExplore the crew
- Director
- Rolf Thiele
- Editor
- Ingeborg Taschner
- Writer
- Erika Mann
- Editor
- Heidi Genée
- Writer
- Ennio Flaiano
- Producer
- Franz Seitz Junior
- Producer
- Hans Abich
- Director of Photography
- Wolf Wirth
- Original Music Composer
- Rolf A. Wilhelm