Dr. Max Orswell — City of Shadows Character Profile

About Dr. Max Orswell

A war doctor serving in North Africa who arrives in a city grappling with a bubonic plague outbreak. He serves as the central protagonist navigating the crisis in a narrative partially inspired by Camus's The Plague.

Dr. Max Orswell — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Jean-Marc Barr

Appears in

City of Shadows (2010)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (7)

• Dr. Max Orswell — Narrative Protagonist Antagonist — Soldat Jeremy (Abdelwaheb Jemli)

  Doctor vs soldier tensions

• Dr. Max Orswell — Narrative Protagonist Antagonist — Soldat Christian Deroche (François Nadin)

  Doctor vs soldier tensions

• Dr. Max Orswell — Alliance Supporter — Félix Lamy (Vincent Winterhalter)

  Assisting medical efforts

• Dr. Max Orswell — Conflict Obstructionist — Georges (Lotfi Dziri)

  Resistance to medical efforts

• Dr. Max Orswell — Romantic Interest — Malika (Sabine Karsenti)

  Developing relationship amidst crisis

• Dr. Max Orswell — Professional Colleague — Dr. Greg (Pierre Lebeau)

  Fellow doctors working together during plague outbreak

• Dr. Max Orswell — Professional Superior — Colonel Julien Mandel (Claude Legault)

  Military hierarchy with doctor reporting to colonel

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• Soldat Christian Deroche (François Nadin)
• Patak (Aymen Mabrouk)
• La voyante (Rafia Belhout)
• Paola (Cyrine Habib)
• Vieux chanteur hérénite (Salah Miled)
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