A young Luftwaffe paratrooper fleeing execution for desertion, Herold finds a decorated captain's uniform and begins impersonating an officer. He gathers stragglers into Kampfgruppe Herold, orders mass executions, loots civilians, and creates a summary court before being arrested and escaping. After the war, he is sentenced to death and executed.
Karl is the central character, a restless man in Berlin who feels rejected after learning that Lena wants to move in and he must leave the shared home. After meeting a woman from Vienna, he travels to Vienna and waits obsessively at Café Sacher, gradually confronting his loneliness, responsibilities, and feelings for the coworker who supports him.
A traveling Yenniker musician who falls in love with Elsie and asks her to leave with him. He is wrongly blamed by the villagers for Jakob's horse death and is murdered along with his companions.
Christoph is present when Mona meets Bille in the village. The available plot material provides no further specific action or background for him.
An orphan whose deepest passion is playing the accordion, Max is sent to the Bosigers farm and treated as a servant. He grows from indifference toward Berteli into her devoted protector, confronts Jakob, plans an escape with her, exposes the truth after her death, and ultimately reaches Argentina as a professional musician.
Max Hubacher has 27 screen credits in a career dating back to 2001. Signature works include Face To Face, Der Schimmelreiter, The Captain. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
