Christa is Klaus's concerned mother and Werner's wife in the well-to-do Teichmann family. Alarmed by her son's association with Manfred and Boris Winkler's gatherings, she helps devise a plan with Gerda to seduce Klaus. Her intervention leads to a court case in which she is found guilty of procuring the relationship.
The Austrian grand duchess is the central figure in the proposed dynastic marriage. She resents the political humiliation Austria has suffered and is distressed to learn she may be made Empress of France. When Count Metternich asks what she wants, she chooses to remain Austrian and marry the man she loves, rather than accept the French ruler's proposal.
A real woman whom Heideneck meets after inventing her as the supposed model in the published portrait. Anita's jealousy over his new acquaintance leads her to shoot him. After he survives, Leopoldine nurses him back to health, becoming directly involved in the consequences of his fabricated story.
A student of applied art in Vienna, Valerie loses the small property where she lives with her mother after the president of her bank makes failed speculations. She accepts help from art dealer Otto Torresani, then becomes friends with him. After learning he has a wife and children, she decides to stop accepting his cheques.
Paula Wessely has 43 screen credits in a career dating back to 1934. Signature works include The Third Sex, Cordula, The Angel with the Trumpet. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
