Character Relationship Map: Justice

Characters

• Isaak Kohler (played by Maximilian Schell) — protagonist

  A convicted murderer serving a twenty-year sentence who hires a lawyer to arrange a retrial. He refuses to reveal his motive for shooting a man he was assumed to be friends with, instead inviting the...

• Felix Spät (played by Thomas Heinze) — supporting
• Helene Kohler (played by Anna Thalbach) — supporting

  Isaak Kohler's daughter. Her emotional pain regarding her father's crime and imprisonment is cited as a reason for him seeking a retrial.

• Prof. Adolf Winter (played by Hark Bohm) — supporting
• Ilse Freude (played by Ulrike Kriener) — supporting
• Stüssi-Leupin (played by Norbert Schwientek) — supporting
• Lucky (played by Martin Semmelrogge) — supporting
• Gefängniswärter Moser (played by Wilfried Klaus) — supporting
• Giselle (played by Teresa Harder) — supporting
• Police Chief (played by Mathias Gnädinger) — supporting
• Daphne Winter (played by Suzanne von Borsody) — supporting
• Frau Jämmerlin (played by Suzanne Thommen) — minor
• Gefängnisdirektor Zeller (played by Klaus-Henner Russius) — minor
• Fredi Lienhard (played by Christoph Lindert) — minor
• Franz (played by René Scheibli) — minor
• Maid of Stuessi-Leupin (played by Tiziana Jelmini) — minor
• Pressefotograf (played by Stefan Gubser) — minor
• Maid of Kohler (played by Ellen Umlauf) — minor
• Barkeeper at the Cafe (played by Roeland Wiesnekker) — minor
• englischer Minister (played by David Ryall) — minor

Story Analysis

A courtroom drama exploring truth, fabrication, and judicial process through a prisoner's retrial.

Plot Progression

1. The Restaurant Execution
2. Decades Behind Bars
3. The Legal Gambit
4. Courtroom Reckoning