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Die Puppenspieler - Season 1

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.

Top Cast

  • Samuel Schneider

    Samuel Schneider

    Richard

  • Herbert Knaup

    Herbert Knaup

    Jakob Fugger

  • Sascha Alexander Geršak

    Sascha Alexander Geršak

    Eberding

  • Ulrich Matthes

    Ulrich Matthes

    Kardinal Borgia

  • Edin Hasanović

    Edin Hasanović

    Cesare Borgia

  • Philipp Moog

    Philipp Moog

    Heinrich Institoris

  • Rainer Bock

    Rainer Bock

    Kardinal della Rovere

  • Leonard Carow

    Leonard Carow

    Battista Nardini

  • Jan Messutat

    Jan Messutat

    Kardinal Sforza

Overview

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.

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