Character Relationship Map: Die Geliebte

Characters

• Anna von Zizka (played by Edda Croy) — protagonist

  Anna is the beautiful daughter of an upper-class family in Vienna that has lost its wealth. After Prince August falls in love with her, she initially suspects he wants another affair. To help her pare...

• Prinz August (played by Harry Liedtke) — protagonist

  Prince August notices Anna by chance in Vienna and immediately falls in love with her. Anna suspects he sees her as another affair, but she proposes a public arrangement in which she appears to be his...

• Vater von Anna (played by Eugen Burg) — supporting

  Anna's father belongs to her upper-class family, which has lost its wealth and is in a difficult situation. His family's plight helps motivate Anna to approach Prince August with a proposal: to appear...

• Mutter von Anna (played by Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein) — supporting

  Anna's mother is part of the upper-class family that has lost its wealth and faces hardship. The family's plight motivates Anna's proposal to Prince August: she offers to appear publicly as his mistre...

• Prinz Augusts Vater - der Herzog (played by Hans Junkermann) — supporting
• Die Großmama (played by Adele Sandrock) — minor
• Der Adjutant (played by Paul Heidemann) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Prinz August → Vater von Anna (Power Benefactor) — Prince has power to help Anna's father financially
• Anna von Zizka → Die Großmama (Family Grandmother) — Granddaughter-grandmother relationship
• Prinz August → Der Adjutant (Professional Commander) — Military hierarchy relationship between prince and his adjutant
• Prinz August → Prinz Augusts Vater - der Herzog (Family Son) — Father-son relationship between prince and duke
• Anna von Zizka → Prinz August (Romantic Mistress) — Anna agrees to be the prince's mistress in public but platonic in private
• Anna von Zizka → Mutter von Anna (Family Mother) — Mother-daughter relationship in a financially struggling upper-class family
• Anna von Zizka → Vater von Anna (Family Father) — Father-daughter relationship in a financially struggling upper-class family

Story Analysis

A financially pressured young woman negotiates a public romantic role with a prince while protecting her private boundaries.

Plot Progression

1. A Family in Decline — The story opens in Vienna with an upper-class family that has lost its wealth. Their financial plight creates the central pressure behind the daughter's later decision.
2. Love at First Sight — A prince encounters the family's daughter and immediately falls in love with her. She remains emotionally unapproachable despite his attention.
3. Doubt and Calculation — The daughter suspects that the prince treats her as one of many affairs. Her concern is combined with the practical need to help her parents.
4. The Public Pact — She proposes to perform the role of the prince's mistress in public in exchange for his esteem. In private, she insists that the relationship remain platonic.