Ludwig Götten — The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Character Profile

About Ludwig Götten

A political suspect and Katharina's lover who actually is a Bundeswehr deserter who stole military pay. He hides at a villa, is captured, and later passes Katharina in a jail basement.

Character Facts

Played by

Jürgen Prochnow

Appears in

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Ludwig Götten — Conflict Target Of Defamation — Werner Tötges (Dieter Laser)

  Reporter weaponizes false narratives against the suspect, fueling the protagonist's desperation.

• Ludwig Götten — Romantic Lovers — Katharina Blum (Angela Winkler)

  Central romantic bond that drives the protagonist's actions and the police investigation.

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More characters from The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

• Katharina Blum (Angela Winkler)
• Kommissar Beizmenne (Mario Adorf)
• Werner Tötges (Dieter Laser)
• Dr. Blorna, Anwalt (Heinz Bennent)
• Trude Blorna (Hannelore Hoger)
• Else Woltersheim, Patentante Katharinas (Regine Lutz)
• Konrad Beiters (Werner Eichhorn)
• Moeding, Polizist (Harald Kuhlmann)
• Weninger, Journalist „Die Zeitung“ (Herbert Fux)
• Staatsanwalt Hach (Rolf Becker)
• Lüding, Konzernherr (Achim Strietzel)
• Dr. Heinen (Peter Franke)