Character Relationship Map: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Characters

• Napoleon Solo (played by Henry Cavill) — protagonist

  Napoleon Solo is a CIA agent and former high-profile thief recruited instead of being sent to jail. He extracts Gaby Teller from East Berlin and partners with Illya Kuryakin to stop the Vinciguerras....

• Illya Kuryakin (played by Armie Hammer) — protagonist

  Illya Kuryakin is a KGB agent and former World War II soldier assigned to work with Napoleon Solo. Ordered to prevent Gaby Teller from escaping and kill Solo if necessary, he infiltrates the Vinciguer...

• Gaby Teller (played by Alicia Vikander) — supporting

  Gaby Teller is the daughter of nuclear scientist Udo Teller, raised by a mechanic after being separated from her father. Napoleon Solo extracts her from East Berlin, while she and Illya Kuryakin pose...

• Victoria Vinciguerra (played by Elizabeth Debicki) — supporting

  Victoria Vinciguerra is a Nazi sympathizer who works with Alexander to obtain a private nuclear weapon. She has Udo Teller complete the weapon and then kills him, before leaving with the real warhead....

• Alexander (played by Luca Calvani) — supporting

  Alexander is Victoria Vinciguerra's partner in the plan to create a private nuclear weapon using Udo Teller's expertise. He meets Gaby Teller through Uncle Rudi, helps expose Napoleon Solo and Illya K...

• Mechanic (played by Harry Taurasi) — minor
• Waverly (played by Hugh Grant) — supporting

  Waverly is a MI6 officer who reveals that Gaby Teller is his undercover officer. He joins Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin during the infiltration of the Vinciguerras' compound, launches the homing mi...

• Uncle Rudi (played by Sylvester Groth) — supporting

  Uncle Rudi is Gaby Teller's uncle and works for the Vinciguerras. After Gaby betrays Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, Rudi tortures Solo and reveals information about the weapon's location. Illya res...

• Udo (played by Christian Berkel) — supporting

  Udo is Gaby Teller's father and a nuclear scientist whose expertise is exploited by the Vinciguerras. He completes their nuclear weapon while being held in their island fortress, but Victoria Vincigue...

• Victoria's Assistant (played by Joana Metrass) — cameo

Canonical Relationships

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

• Victoria's Assistant → Victoria Vinciguerra (assistant)
• Waverly → Gaby Teller (Professional Handler) — Waverly supervises Gaby's covert role in the mission.

  Waverly reveals that Gaby is his undercover officer and later reunites with her after the operation.

• Waverly → Illya Kuryakin (Professional Mission Commander) — Waverly coordinates Kuryakin's integration into the international team.

  Waverly approaches Solo and Kuryakin, helps direct the infiltration, and later gives them a new mission.

• Waverly → Napoleon Solo (Professional Mission Commander) — Waverly becomes Solo's senior coordinator and assigns his future operations.

  Waverly reveals the mission's intelligence structure and later gives Solo a new mission under the international organization.

• Udo → Victoria Vinciguerra (Power Coerced Scientist) — Victoria controls Udo's scientific labor and ultimately eliminates him.

  Victoria's operation uses Udo to build a private nuclear weapon, and Victoria kills him after he completes it.

• Mechanic → Gaby Teller (Family Guardian) — The mechanic raised Gaby after her separation from Udo.

  Gaby was left to be raised by a mechanic almost two decades before Solo extracts her from East Berlin.

• Gaby Teller → Udo (Family Daughter) — Their parent-child relationship is central to the nuclear plot.

  Gaby is described as the daughter of nuclear scientist Udo Teller and is reunited with him at the island fortress.

• Gaby Teller → Uncle Rudi (Family Associate) — Their family connection gives Rudi access to Gaby and the operation.

  The plot identifies Rudi as Gaby's uncle, and Gaby meets him in Rome.

• Uncle Rudi → Victoria Vinciguerra (Professional Operative) — Rudi serves the Vinciguerra operation and carries information about its infrastructure.

  Rudi works for the Vinciguerras and reveals information about their weapon after Kuryakin tortures him.

• Uncle Rudi → Alexander (Professional Associate) — Rudi is an operative connected to Alexander's organization.

  Gaby meets with Rudi and Alexander, and the plot identifies Rudi as working for the Vinciguerras.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Waverly → Victoria Vinciguerra (Conflict Eliminator) — Waverly delivers the decisive strike against the principal antagonist.

  Waverly launches the homing missile that destroys the nuclear weapon and kills Victoria.

• Illya Kuryakin → Uncle Rudi (Conflict Interrogator) — Kuryakin uses coercion to obtain the location of the hidden weapon.

  Kuryakin rescues Solo and tortures Rudi, who then reveals that the weapon is hidden in an island fortress.

• Uncle Rudi → Napoleon Solo (Conflict Captor) — Rudi becomes Solo's direct captor and interrogator.

  Rudi tortures Solo after Gaby betrays Solo and Kuryakin to him and Alexander.

• Victoria Vinciguerra → Alexander (Alliance Criminal Partner) — They cooperate as the leaders of the nuclear plot.

  Victoria and Alexander jointly attempt to use Udo Teller to build a private nuclear weapon.

• Alexander → Illya Kuryakin (Conflict Enemy) — Alexander represents the enemy network targeted by Kuryakin.

  Alexander is part of the hostile operation that Kuryakin infiltrates with Gaby.

Story Analysis

Rival Cold War agents overcome divided loyalties to stop a private nuclear threat and form an international team.

Plot Progression

1. Extraction Under Suspicion — Solo extracts Gaby from East Berlin and learns that the Vinciguerras are pursuing a private nuclear weapon. Kuryakin receives secret orders that make the forced partnership dangerous.
2. Cover in Rome — The agents travel to Rome with Gaby and use her engagement cover to approach the Vinciguerra network. Their shipping-yard infiltration finds evidence of uranium, while Solo saves Kuryakin during the e...
3. Betrayal and Captivity — Gaby appears to betray Solo and Kuryakin to Rudi and Alexander. Solo is tortured, but Kuryakin rescues him and extracts the location of the island fortress.
4. The Fortress Offensive — Udo completes the weapon and is killed by Victoria. Waverly reveals Gaby's undercover role, enabling the team to infiltrate the Vinciguerra compound and pursue the warhead.
5. Decoy and Detonation — Alexander is killed while trying to escape, but Solo discovers that his warhead was a decoy. Solo and Waverly destroy the real weapon and kill Victoria before the agents resolve their mutual orders.