TV series
Die Puppenspieler
2017, German, on Das Erste.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 2
- Episode length
- 90 min
- Status
- Ended in 2017
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Latest episode
S1 E2: Episode 2
Aired 29 December 2017
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Samuel SchneiderRichard · 2 ep
- Herbert KnaupJakob Fugger · 2 ep
- Sascha Alexander GeršakEberding · 2 ep
- Ulrich MatthesKardinal Borgia · 2 ep
- Edin HasanovićCesare Borgia · 2 ep
- Philipp MoogHeinrich Institoris · 2 ep
- Rainer BockKardinal della Rovere · 2 ep
- Leonard CarowBattista Nardini · 2 ep
- Jan MessutatKardinal Sforza · 2 ep
- Bernhard SchützAbt Torrani · 2 ep
- Karel PolišenskýPapst Innozenz VIII. · 2 ep
- Petr HalíčekLorenzo di Medici · 2 ep
Details
- First aired
- 27 December 2017
- Last aired
- 29 December 2017
- Network
- Das Erste
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
- Type
- Miniseries
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Die Puppenspieler has 1 season and 2 episodes, about 90 minutes each.
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