Physicist leading Project Splinter in 2043. She recruits Cole for the time travel mission after uncovering a recording of Cassie Railly mentioning him.
Founder and former CEO of Pharmakom who became a sentient AI after her death. Appears as a holographic guide to Johnny and is revealed to be his biological mother.
René Gallimard's wife who accompanies him to the French Embassy in Beijing in 1964. She has no further significant role or dialogue in the provided plot summary.
Favorite employee and singer at Schuckert's brothel who works as the daytime housekeeper for von Bohm under her real name, Marie-Luise. Unbeknownst to von Bohm, she is Schuckert's daughter. She marries von Bohm out of love but remains trapped in the town's corrupt system.
Central protagonist and professor in New York who volunteers to cover the Eichmann trial for The New Yorker. She observes his mediocrity, struggles with bureaucratic loyalty rationalizations, faces massive controversy after publication, and ultimately delivers a speech defining the banality of evil.
Rosa Luxemburg is the political and emotional center of the story. Imprisoned for her revolutionary opposition, she writes about injustice and finds solace in nature, while challenging cautious socialist leaders, defending mass action and women’s rights, and warning against nationalism and war. Her relationships with Leo Jogiches and Kostja Zetkin reveal the personal cost of her commitment.
Gala is Dalí's domineering wife and the powerful force within his unstable household. She spends Dalí's wealth on her young lover, Jeff Fenholt, while helping sustain their extravagant lifestyle. Her co-dependent relationship with Dalí is explored through flashbacks, and her eventual death leaves him heartbroken, isolated, and physically deteriorating.
The daughter of Max Hartmann and sister of Lawrence Hartmann, she introduces Leopold Kessler to her family and to the violent realities surrounding Zentropa. She marries Leopold, but later reveals that she was secretly a Werwolf, faked her kidnapping, blackmailed her father, and condemns Leopold for refusing to commit fully to either side.
A devout woman who died after being nominated for sainthood. Miracles attributed to her include a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary and the apparent cure of a girl with terminal lupus.
Another grandmother figure and nanny agency colleague. Initially competes with Karin for clients or status but gradually becomes a trusted ally and confidante.
Virginia is an office worker who becomes one of Dorine's early victims. Dorine murders her during the beginning of the killing spree, placing her among the dead connected to the office. Her death helps establish Dorine's pattern of targeting coworkers while concealing the violence from the remaining employees.
Nina is Madeleine’s longtime secret lover and the central force behind their plan to leave their constrained lives and begin again in Rome. She tries to finance their escape, supports Madeleine as her health declines, searches for her when she wanders away, and resists the family’s and care facility’s efforts to separate them.
Barbara Sukowa has 70 screen credits in a career dating back to 1970. Their work is anchored in the Enkel für... Filmreihe universe with 2 titles. Signature works include 12 Monkeys, Eurotrash, Hannah Arendt. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
