Wolfgang is a leader in his family-run fashion business who insists on preserving his father's traditional ideas and the established Goldberger Classic line. He resists Steven's younger collection despite financial pressure, pursues customers himself, and clashes with his son Karsten over sales and family priorities. His marriage deteriorates, and he later arrives at Brigitta's guesthouse looking for his wife.
Stella returns to her father's retreat after his death and announces that the gathering will be the community's last summer meeting. She introduces Roman and explains the meaning of the exchange tradition. Her history of swapping bodies with her father, and her struggle after his death, give the retreat its emotional context.
Quirin Bartels is the headmaster of Altenberg Castle, the boarding school where Bibi must spend the summer completing remedial examinations. He is described as so muddle-headed that he cannot properly remember his students' names, making him an ineffectual authority figure in the school setting.
A senior legal figure representing the prosecution or plaintiff side in the climate trial, responsible for articulating the charges of ecological destruction against Germany.
Otto Weidt is a blind brush manufacturer in Berlin during the Nazi period and the central figure of the film. He protects the small Jewish workforce at his business from deportation and the Holocaust for an extended time, saving several lives, including those of Alice Licht and Inge Deutschkron.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is the philosopher and former teacher trusted by Königin Sophie Charlotte von Preußen. He debates Pierre-Albert Delalandre over whether a portrait can truly represent a person, while discussing logic, truth, freedom, evil, time, and his inventions. His resistance to being reduced to an image drives the central conflict.
A youthful gallery owner and the father of the sperm donor. Luise initially feels disdain for him but gradually develops more than just friendly feelings.
Max Rainer is the identity claimed by an elderly man living in a guarded nursing home. Zvi brings the agents a report that the man may be the Nazi war criminal they said they killed decades earlier. The man escapes during Rachel's watch, leaving Rachel, Zvi, and Ehud to decide whether to reveal the truth.
Edgar Selge has 82 screen credits in a career dating back to 1970. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Bibi Blocksberg Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Fashion Victims, The Experiment, Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
Universe traveler — spans 2 universes
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