TV series · 2017
Die Puppenspieler
First aired 27 December 2017 Drama / War & Politics TMDB ↗
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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Ivo Niederle
as Kardinal Gherardo
Karel Polišenský
as Papst Innozenz VIII.
Herbert Knaup
as Jakob Fugger
Ulrich Matthes
as Kardinal Borgia
Philipp Moog
as Heinrich Institoris
Jan Messutat
as Kardinal Sforza
Petr Halíček
as Lorenzo di Medici
Sascha Alexander Geršak
as Eberding
Veronika Strapková
as Zobeida
Edin Hasanović
as Cesare Borgia
Leonard Carow
as Battista Nardini
Samuel Schneider
as Richard
Zdeněk Bařinka
as Giovanni di Medici
