Thomas Brasch — Dear Thomas Character Profile

About Thomas Brasch

Poet and central protagonist. Participates in 1968 student protests in East Berlin against Soviet tanks. Imprisoned after being denounced by his father, writes about love, revolution, and death. Emigrates to West Germany in 1976 and becomes a celebrated literary bestseller.

Thomas Brasch — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Albrecht Schuch

Appears in

Dear Thomas (2021)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Thomas Brasch — Romantic Girlfriend — Sanda (Ioana Iacob)

  Romantic relationship during student protests

• Thomas Brasch — Family Brother — Klaus Brasch (Joel Basman)

  Sibling relationship

• Thomas Brasch — Family Mother — Mutter Gerda Brasch (Anja Schneider)

  Mother-son relationship

• Thomas Brasch — Family Father — Horst Brasch (Jörg Schüttauf)

  Father-son relationship with ideological conflict

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• Katarina (Jella Haase)
• Sanda (Ioana Iacob)
• Horst Brasch (Jörg Schüttauf)
• Worker (uncredited) (Dennis Vehlen)
• Mutter Gerda Brasch (Anja Schneider)
• Alma (Lilli Fichtner)
• Jean (Zoë Valks)
• Gerit (Luisa-Céline Gaffron)
• Klaus Brasch (11 Jahre) (Claudio Magno)
• Filmdozentin HFF (Marlen Ulonska)
• Vernehmer (Christian Kuchenbuch)
• Remscheid (Thomas Lawinky)