Wolfgang Leonhard — Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder Character Profile

About Wolfgang Leonhard

The central protagonist, a young German communist who travels to the Soviet Union with idealistic hopes, only to confront the brutal realities of Stalinism and political purges.

Wolfgang Leonhard — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Christian Doermer

Appears in

Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder (1962)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Wolfgang Leonhard — Alliance Comrade — Wilkow (Siegfried Wischnewski)

  Fellow young communist who shares the journey and eventual disillusionment.

• Wolfgang Leonhard — Alliance Comrade — Georg (Bruno Dietrich)

  Initial ideological partners who travel together to the USSR with shared utopian visions.

• Wolfgang Leonhard — Family Son — Frau Leonhard (Dorothea Wieck)

  Maternal bond; Frau Leonhard represents the domestic anchor and concern for her son's political path.

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More characters from Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder

• Georg (Bruno Dietrich)
• Wilkow (Siegfried Wischnewski)
• Frau Leonhard (Dorothea Wieck)