Film & Reading: Thomas Mann's legacy celebrate in the Wiesbaden literary house!

Film & Reading: Thomas Mann's legacy celebrate in the Wiesbaden literary house!

On June 18, 2025, a special event will take place in the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine in Wiesbaden, which is all about Thomas Mann and his famous work "Buddenbrooks". This is the film screening of the Arte documentary "Buddenbrooks. Thomas Mann and Lübeck", which offers exciting insights into the origin, conflicts and locations of the family novel. The documentary, created by Hartmut Kasper and André Schäfer, celebrates the 150th birthday of the writer.

As early as 1901, the publication of "Buddenbrooks" caused outrage in Mann's hometown Lübeck. His impressive story about the creeping decay of a family later established Thomas Mann as one of the most important writers of the 20th century. This appreciation culminated when he received the Nobel Prize for Literary in 1929 for his literary merits. Wiesbaden lives reports that the documentation also deals with questions about the connection between man and his figures and the timeless relevance of his work.

experts in conversation

The event in Wiesbaden begins at 6:30 p.m. and admission costs 12 euros. The experts who are keen to talk about in the documentary include Caren Heuer, who is the management of the Buddenbrookhaus, literary critic Volker Weidermann and Dramaturg John von Düffel. You will help to illuminate the link between reality and fiction in Mann's work.

Following the film screening, the historian and author Tilmann Lahme will read from his biography "Thomas Mann. A life". At 8 p.m. it goes into the reading, which will take another look at life and the creative phases of man. Lahme describes the writer as a searcher who was repeatedly torn between bourgeois and art.

insights in Thomas Mann's life

Thomas Mann, born on June 6, 1875 as the second of five children, drew attention to himself early on with literary work. He was not only a master of the novel, but also a hard -working author of novella and essays. At the age of 22, he began at his most famous work "Buddenbrooks" during a stay in Italy, which he completed in 1901 and later achieved a bestseller status. In addition to "Buddenbrooks", numerous other important works such as "Doctor Faustus" and "Lotte in Weimar" belong to his entire work, which takes up an important place in world literature.

The event in Wiesbaden promises to become an unforgettable evening, on which not only the impressive documentation is shown, but also literary insights into the life of one of the largest writers in Germany are given. If you are interested in the connection between history and literature, you should never miss this event!