Character Relationship Map: Plan A

Characters

• Max (played by August Diehl) — protagonist

  A Holocaust survivor who returns to his former family home and learns that his relatives were murdered. Haunted by loss, he seeks revenge against SS officers, joins a clandestine network, studies the...

• Ana (played by Sylvia Hoeks) — supporting

  A member of the clandestine network who collapses underground during the final preparations. Max and Tzvi help her as the group moves through the tunnels to stop the attack.

• Michael (played by Michael Aloni) — supporting

  The leader of a Jewish Brigade unit who rescues Max and brings him toward the refugee camp. He warns Max against revenge and later helps decide to block the pipes leading to Allied quarters.

• Tzvi (played by Nikolai Kinski) — supporting

  A member of the clandestine group who helps Max assist Ana after she collapses underground during the final operation.

• Menash (played by Oz Zehavi) — supporting

  A man identified by a war scar and an SS blood-group tattoo. He is judged guilty of participating in the murder of innocents and sentenced to death.

• Willi (played by Tim Wilde) — supporting
• Foreman (played by Michael Brandner) — supporting

  A German labor supervisor whose map of the water system is studied by Max as he searches for a safe escape route through the tunnels.

• Aba (played by Ishai Golan) — supporting

  The contact expected to deliver poison from Palestine to the conspirators. His delivery is delayed.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Michael → Aba (Professional Operational Contacts) — Aba is the network's stated source for the delayed poison delivery.

  The conspirators wait for poison from Aba, whose delivery from Palestine is delayed.

• Willi → Foreman (Professional Workplace Associates) — Both are connected to the maintenance and labor structure surrounding the water system.

  Willi maintains the pipes, while the Foreman's map describes the water system in the laborers' working environment.

• Max → Foreman (Professional Information Seeker And Informant) — The Foreman's map becomes important to Max's operational planning.

  Max works among German laborers and studies the Foreman's map of the water system while searching for an escape route through the tunnels.

• Michael → Menash (Power Judge And Condemned) — Michael's network exercises judgment and lethal authority over Menash.

  The clandestine network identifies Menash through his war scar and SS blood-group tattoo, judges him guilty, and sentences him to death.

Story Dynamics

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

• Tzvi → Ana (Alliance Teammates) — Tzvi directly helps Ana during the final mission.

  Tzvi helps Max assist Ana after she collapses underground during the final preparations.

• Max → Willi (Alliance Operational Partners) — They contribute different skills to the water-system operation.

  Willi helps maintain the pipes while Max studies the water system and searches for a safe route through the tunnels.

• Max → Menash (Conflict Target And Avenger) — Menash represents one of the perpetrators whom Max seeks to punish.

  Max discovers a list of SS officers and wants to hunt the men responsible, while Menash is identified as an SS member judged guilty of murdering innoc...

• Michael → Ana (Alliance Teammates) — Michael and Ana participate in the network's revised operation.

  Michael and the others decide to block the pipes leading to the Allied quarters, and Ana is present during the final underground preparations.

• Michael → Tzvi (Alliance Teammates) — They work within the same clandestine network and final mission.

  Tzvi is part of the group that follows the network's rules and enters the tunnels with Michael and the others to stop the attack.

• Max → Tzvi (Alliance Teammates) — Max and Tzvi cooperate in protecting Ana during the operation.

  When Ana collapses underground, Max and Tzvi help her while the group moves into the tunnels.

• Max → Ana (Alliance Teammates) — Max supports Ana during the final operation.

  During the final preparations underground, Ana collapses and Max helps her as the group moves through the tunnels.

• Max → Michael (Alliance Rescuer And Rescued) — Michael initially acts as Max's rescuer and guide.

  A Jewish Brigade unit led by Michael rescues Max and brings him toward the refugee camp at Tarvisio.

Story Analysis

A traumatized survivor moves from personal revenge toward a dangerous collective operation shaped by memory, justice, and responsibility.

Plot Progression

1. Ruins and Unburied Grief — Max returns to his former family home and learns that his relatives were murdered. His memories and hope of reaching Palestine reveal his trauma and determination to survive.
2. Rescue and Revelation — Michael's unit rescues Max and takes him to Tarvisio. A survivor's account of Ruth and the buried group confirms the destruction of Max's family.
3. The Price of Revenge — Max finds a list of SS officers and wants to hunt those responsible. Michael warns that revenge could endanger others, but Max enters a clandestine network and witnesses Menash's sentencing.
4. Poison Beneath the City — The network considers poisoning the water supply as payment for the murdered Jews. Max, Willi, and the Foreman become connected to the pipes, map, and tunnel escape route while Aba's poison delivery i...
5. The Changed Target — Allied occupation makes the original operation dangerous to supposed allies. Michael and the group redirect their efforts toward blocking the Allied quarters, culminating in the underground attempt to...