Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (; The Manns – Novel of a Century) is a 2001 German Docudrama-miniseries directed by Heinrich Breloer. In 2002, it won an International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie or Miniseries.
Content The miniseries is divided into three parts. The episodes focus on different time periods: 1923 to 1933 (part 1), 1933 to 1941 (part 2), and 1942 to 1955 (part 3). Die Manns combines documentary footage with staged scenes and tells the story of the Mann family, a family of famous writers. It deals with their personal life (passions, tragedies, rivalities), opposition to the Nazis and emigration into the United States from Nazi Germany.
Between the fictional scenes, the miniseries also includes interviews with members of the Mann family and their friends. Elisabeth Mann Borgese, the only living child of Thomas Mann at the time of the filming, is shown on various locations of the film, interviewed about her family by director Breloer.
Cast Armin Mueller-Stahl as Thomas Mann Jürgen Hentsch as Heinrich Mann Monica Bleibtreu as Katia Mann Sebastian Koch as Klaus Mann Sophie Rois as Erika Mann Veronica Ferres as Nelly Kröger Stefanie Stappenbeck as Monika Mann Philipp Hochmair as Golo Mann Katharina Eckerfeld as Elisabeth Mann Borgese Rüdiger Klink as Michael Mann Anne-Marie Blanc as Hedwig Pringsheim Rudolf Wessely as Alfred Pringsheim Katharina Thalbach as Therese Giehse Torben Liebrecht as Thomas Quinn Curtiss Hans-Michael Rehberg as Giuseppe Antonio Borgese Gerd David as Gustaf Gründgens Andrea Sawatzki as Pamela Wedekind Ludwig Blochberger as Klaus Heuser Hildegard Schmahl as Salka Viertel Norbert Schwientek as Joseph Roth
Awards Year Award Category Nominated Result 2002 30th International Emmy Awards Best TV Movies/Miniseries Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman 2002 Adolf-Grimme-Preis Fiction & Entertainment Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman 2002 German Television Award Special Award: TV Event of the Year Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman 2002 Bavarian Television Award Special Award Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman 2002 Bavarian Television Award Best Actor Jürgen Hentsch, Sebastian Koch, Armin Mueller-Stahl 2002 Bavarian Television Award Best Actress Monica Bleibtreu, Veronica Ferres, Sophie Rois 2002 Goldene Kamera Best TV Film Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman 2002 Romy Special Jury Award Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman 2002 Monte-Carlo Television Festival Best Screenplay Heinrich Breloer
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