Wilhelm Tell — Tell Character Profile

About Wilhelm Tell

The reluctant protagonist who is thrust into the role of a national hero against his will. Skilled with a bow and arrow, he navigates comedic court intrigues and mishaps while inadvertently sparking the Confederates' fight for independence.

Wilhelm Tell — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Mike Müller

Appears in

Tell (2007)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Wilhelm Tell — Alliance Teammate — Val-Tah (Axel Stein)

  Comic duo navigating the chaotic court intrigues and mishaps together.

• Wilhelm Tell — Conflict Arch Enemy — Gessler (Udo Kier)

  Unwilling national hero directly opposed by the Habsburg occupier.

• Wilhelm Tell — Romantic Love Interest — Sissy (Ellenie Salvo González)

  Central romantic subplot intertwined with the misguided love of country theme.

• Wilhelm Tell — Narrative Allegorical Guide — Helvetia (Gardi Hutter)

  Personification of Switzerland observing and symbolically guiding Tell's reluctant heroism.

• Wilhelm Tell — Alliance Fellow Patriot — Konrad Baumgarten (Erich Vock)

  Resistance member joining the confederate effort against occupiers.

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More characters from Tell

• Val-Tah (Axel Stein)
• Rudolf der Harras (Christian Tramitz)
• Gessler (Udo Kier)
• Elsbeth (Esther Gemsch)
• Sissy (Ellenie Salvo González)
• Priester (Ernst Konarek)
• Heidi (Lea Hadorn)
• Konrad Baumgarten (Erich Vock)
• Walter Fürst (Max Rüdlinger)
• Werner Stauffacher (Albert Tanner)
• Helvetia (Gardi Hutter)