Die Puppenspieler

Premise

Helpless, the young convent student Richard has to watch as his mother Sarazenin Zobeida is condemned by the inquisitor Heinrich Institoris as a witch and burned at the stake. From then on, Richard swears revenge on Institoris for what he did to his family. He can escape and is taken by the merchant Jakob Fugger. He wants to teach him not only to seek blind revenge, but to manipulate people like puppets and thus to reach his goals. The two travel from Florence to Rome to influence the upcoming election of the pope and to witness the power struggle between the Medicis and the Borgias up close.

Cast and characters

Leading cast

• Samuel Schneider as Richard
• Herbert Knaup as Jakob Fugger
• Sascha Alexander Geršak as Eberding
• Ulrich Matthes as Kardinal Borgia
• Edin Hasanović as Cesare Borgia
• Philipp Moog as Heinrich Institoris
• Rainer Bock as Kardinal della Rovere
• Leonard Carow as Battista Nardini

Supporting cast

• Jan Messutat as Kardinal Sforza
• Bernhard Schütz as Abt Torrani
• Karel Polišenský as Papst Innozenz VIII.
• Petr Halíček as Lorenzo di Medici
• Ivo Niederle as Kardinal Gherardo
• Zdeněk Bařinka as Giovanni di Medici
• Veronika Strapková as Zobeida
• Johannes Allmayer as Bruder Ludwig
• Lukáš Bech as Wachmann
• Petr Cemper as Richard jung
• Čestmír Gebouský as Abt Michael
• Jan Kubka as Cleric

Episodes

This series spans 1 season with 2 episodes.

Production

Release

References

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