Adrian Degenhardt
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Adrian Degenhardt is a fictional character
on German
soap opera
Verbotene Liebe
(Forbidden Love). The character is portrayed by actor
Klaus Zmorek
from January 25, 2007 to March 5, 2009, when the character was written out with the chance of a return.
(Miriam Lahnstein
) becomes interested in him, when she tries to find a new partner in her a personal war against the Lahnstein Family. Adrian has an old and long history with the family. Once the best friend of Johannes von Lahnstein
(Thomas Gumpert
), both seemed to betray each other. Johannes on business and Adrian in private affairs, when he started an affair with Johannes' wife Francesca. Their betrayals made them to enemies. Back in Johannes' life, he wants revenge for taking Francesca from him. Adrian is sure, had not Johannes threatened his late wife all this years ago, she would have chosen him instead of Johannes. Together with Tanja, they plan to spoil some business operations for the Lahnstein Holding with the hopefully result of ruin Johannes' legacy. Adrian and Tanja also have a brief affair with each other. But it stopped, when Tanja decides to fake the death of her son Hannes
(then played by Daniel & Simon Kuhn) and her own to start a new life somewhere else. Adrian helps Tanja with her flight and she promises him to come back someday, when the time is right. In the following months, Adrian calls Tanja several times to tell her how things go.
Soon after Adrian's arrival, Constantin von Lahnstein
(Milan Marcus) finds out that Adrian fathered him. Even through, Adrian shows no real interest in his son, he tries to use him in his vendetta against Johannes. He tells Constantin his side of the story what was really going on back then. How much he loved Francesca and she loved him. Johannes destroyed that love and blackmailed Francesca, that if she would leave him, he would destroy and take the children from her. Constantin starts to believe Adrian, after he meets an old friend of his mother. Adrian has Constantin on his side for now and gets secret business information from him. But when Constantin's betrayal costs Johannes a heart attack, he gets a wake up call. Constantin's mercy for Adrian shows him that this truly is not someone that he wished himself as a son. Adrian tells Constantin about using him and lets him drop down.
After Tanja took of with her son, Ansgar
(Wolfram Grandezka
), who is Hannes' father, his marriage to Nathalie Käppler
(Jenny Winkler
) becomes a living nightmare for her, after he believes that she is responsible for Hannes' "death". Ansgar has affairs with other woman and makes no secret out of it that he does not respect Nathalie. Adrian begins to use her too. He hires Olivia Schneider
(Kristina Dörfer
) to sleep with Ansgar. After that she should alleges that she is pregnant , while he rushes into an affair with Nathalie and supports her alcohol addition. Later, Adrian wants Olivia to fake a miscarrige to remind Ansgar by the lost of Hannes. But Nathalie becomes a problem for Adrian, when she finds an old letter from Francesca. The letter proves that Francesca really seemed to love Adrian and that they share not one but two children together. Leonard
(Lars Korten), who is believed to be Johannes' son was fathered by Adrian too. Nathalie cannot keep that a secret, because Leonard is ready to give up his great love Sarah Hofmann
(Sina-Valeska Jung
), which he believes is his half sister, and marry someone else. But Adrian does not want to use this secret yet and captivates Nathalie. Adrian later breaks the news to Johannes, when Leonard's wedding day has arrived. Johannes is shocked and tries to tell Leonard the truth. But he already married Jana Brandner
(Vanessa Jung
). After the secret is out, Adrian has no use for Nathalie anymore and tells her to look at herself how messed up she is.
Other than by Constantin, Adrian wants to get to know Leonard. But he does not trust his father and wants to be loyal to Johannes. Adrian is impressed with this behavior and proud that he is not as easy to influence than Constantin. When he sees how impressed Adrian seems to be with Leonard, Constantin feels how much it hurts that he means nothing to his father. But Leonard keeps his distance to Adrian and instead becomes a better brother to Constantin, now that they both share Adrian as a father.
Adrian seeks for other allies in his war against Johannes and is sure that he found this someone in Sebastian von Lahnstein
(Joscha Kiefer
), Johannes' nephew. After Sebastian's father Ludwig, who was also a good fried of Adrian, died and Johannes seemed to be not interested in this part of the family, Adrian took care of Sebastian and his siblings. He became their father figure and financed them their education. Thankful for that, Sebastian comes to Düsseldorf to work for Adrian. Soon Sebastian also meets his uncle and cousins. Furious how Johannes treated his father, Sebastian seems to be up for revenge. But with old letters that Johannes sent Ludwig, he can prove that he wanted to help him, but Ludwig would not let him. Sebastian is shocked and wants to apologize to Johannes, but it's to late. Johannes is on a business trip, from which he never returns. His plane went down over the Atlantic ocean and Johannes remains as presumed death. Sebastian gets disappointed in Adrian, when he finds out that Tanja is still alive and lives together with Ansgar's son Hannes in Uruguay
. Adrian wants Sebastian's forgiveness and brings Tanja under false pretenses back.
With Tanja back in town, he lost her as his partner in crime, thanks to his betrayal. Sebastian moves to Castle Königsbrunn and begins to work for the Lahnstein Holding after Johannes' death, while Adrian takes a moment and remembers his old rival and friend. Even through, he fought against Johannes he seems truly sorry that their feud had to end like this. Ansgar becomes Adrian's new enemy and it does not take the scheming son of Johannes too long, until he can ruin Adrian's reputation. Ansgar hires Camilla von Berneck (Bianca Karsten), an old lover of Adrian, to get in contact with him again to manage a campaign for baby food. But Ansgar tampered the food and poisoned it. He lets the campaign blow of before it gets to sale.
After leaving town for a while, Adrian comes back in January 2009 to offer Tanja and Ansgar a deal they cannot refuse. But Elisabeth
(Martina Servatius) finds out about it. She wants to use Adrian's knowing about Tanja and Ansgar's plans to protect the Lahnstein Holding. She offers him a lot of money and Adrian agrees to help her. In the next few weeks, Adrian cannot give Elisabeth much information. When Ansgar wants Adrian to help Tanja with a meeting in South America
, he refuses to be there for his foster children Rebecca
(Jasmin Lord) and Sebastian. Ansgar begins to question Adrian's motives, when a fax from Tanja goes missing. Adrian stole it, so that Elisabeth and he have prove against them. But Ansgar knows to early about Adrian's betrayal and can win the fax back in a fight, before Elisabeth and Adrian can use it. After Ansgar knows that Adrian helped Elisabeth, he swears Adrian revenge. Elisabeth warns Adrian to take Ansgar's words seriously and offers him money to leave town for a while. Adrian first refuses and does not want to let Rebecca and Sebastian down again. But after Rebecca talked with Elisabeth, Rebecca begs him to leave town, so that she and Sebastian would know that he is safe. Adrian says goodbye to Rebecca and swears to Ansgar that he will come back, before he leaves town.
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on German
Germany
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soap opera
Soap opera
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Verbotene Liebe
Verbotene Liebe
Verbotene Liebe , often abbreviated to VL, is a Rose d'Or Award-winning German television soap opera. The show was created by Reg Watson and first broadcast on Das Erste on 2 January 1995...
(Forbidden Love). The character is portrayed by actor
Actor
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Klaus Zmorek
Klaus Zmorek
Klaus Zmorek is a German actor.Zmorek's first contract role was in the soap opera "Mallorca" as the business man Rolf Stein from 1999 to 2000. After one year, the Boardcast ProSieben cancelled the soap, because of too much costs...
from January 25, 2007 to March 5, 2009, when the character was written out with the chance of a return.
Character's background
Adrian is a scheming businessman, who does anything to make a good deal and does not seem to know the word morale. Tanja von AnstettenTanja von Anstetten
Tanja von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe , played by actress Miriam Lahnstein. She made her first appearance on-screen on 21 June 1995 and left after three years in May 1998. Lahnstein returned to the role in 2001, where she was seen from 24 April to...
(Miriam Lahnstein
Miriam Lahnstein
Miriam Lahnstein is a German actress.In 1995, Miriam came to the "Das Erste-Soap "Verbotene Liebe". She played the villain Tanja von Anstetten from 1995 until 1998...
) becomes interested in him, when she tries to find a new partner in her a personal war against the Lahnstein Family. Adrian has an old and long history with the family. Once the best friend of Johannes von Lahnstein
Johannes von Lahnstein
Johannes von Lahnstein is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was portrayed by actor Thomas Gumpert from September 23, 2003 to January 9, 2008.-Storylines:...
(Thomas Gumpert
Thomas Gumpert
Thomas Gumpert is a German actor.He studied acting from 1972 to 1976 in Leipzig.Since 2003, he played the role of the patriarch Johannes von Lahnstein in the soap opera Verbotene Liebe.-Theater:...
), both seemed to betray each other. Johannes on business and Adrian in private affairs, when he started an affair with Johannes' wife Francesca. Their betrayals made them to enemies. Back in Johannes' life, he wants revenge for taking Francesca from him. Adrian is sure, had not Johannes threatened his late wife all this years ago, she would have chosen him instead of Johannes. Together with Tanja, they plan to spoil some business operations for the Lahnstein Holding with the hopefully result of ruin Johannes' legacy. Adrian and Tanja also have a brief affair with each other. But it stopped, when Tanja decides to fake the death of her son Hannes
Hannes von Lahnstein
Johannes "Hannes" von Lahnstein II is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . He is the son of Tanja von Anstetten and Ansgar von Lahnstein. The character was played by child actors Daniel and Simon Kühn from March 20, 2006 to November 24, 2008...
(then played by Daniel & Simon Kuhn) and her own to start a new life somewhere else. Adrian helps Tanja with her flight and she promises him to come back someday, when the time is right. In the following months, Adrian calls Tanja several times to tell her how things go.
Soon after Adrian's arrival, Constantin von Lahnstein
Constantin von Lahnstein
Constantin von Lahnstein is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe and was portrayed by actor Milan Marcus from December 9, 2004 to November 26, 2008. Marcus left the show for college, but had several guest appearance since then and was still listed as main cast member in the...
(Milan Marcus) finds out that Adrian fathered him. Even through, Adrian shows no real interest in his son, he tries to use him in his vendetta against Johannes. He tells Constantin his side of the story what was really going on back then. How much he loved Francesca and she loved him. Johannes destroyed that love and blackmailed Francesca, that if she would leave him, he would destroy and take the children from her. Constantin starts to believe Adrian, after he meets an old friend of his mother. Adrian has Constantin on his side for now and gets secret business information from him. But when Constantin's betrayal costs Johannes a heart attack, he gets a wake up call. Constantin's mercy for Adrian shows him that this truly is not someone that he wished himself as a son. Adrian tells Constantin about using him and lets him drop down.
After Tanja took of with her son, Ansgar
Ansgar von Lahnstein
Ansgar Eduard Johannes von Lahnstein is a fictional character of the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe , portrayed by actor Wolfram Grandezka. He debuted in the role on January, 22 2004....
(Wolfram Grandezka
Wolfram Grandezka
Wolfram Grandezka is a German actor.He landed the role of Roman Klingenberg in the Daytime soap opera Unter uns. He played the role from January 5, 1998 to April 26, 2000. Wolfram came to another soap, Verbotene Liebe, four years later...
), who is Hannes' father, his marriage to Nathalie Käppler
Nathalie von Lahnstein
Nathalie Brandner is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character is portrayed by actress Jenny Winkler...
(Jenny Winkler
Jenny Winkler
Jenny Winkler is a German actress and well known for her role as Nathalie von Lahnstein on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe , which she portrays since 2004....
) becomes a living nightmare for her, after he believes that she is responsible for Hannes' "death". Ansgar has affairs with other woman and makes no secret out of it that he does not respect Nathalie. Adrian begins to use her too. He hires Olivia Schneider
Olivia Schneider
Olivia Schneider is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe portrayed by actress and singer Kristina Dörfer from December 29, 2006 to September 24, 2009.- Character's background :...
(Kristina Dörfer
Kristina Dörfer
Kristina Dörfer, also known by the stage name KR!S or Kris, is a German singer and television actress.-Biography:...
) to sleep with Ansgar. After that she should alleges that she is pregnant , while he rushes into an affair with Nathalie and supports her alcohol addition. Later, Adrian wants Olivia to fake a miscarrige to remind Ansgar by the lost of Hannes. But Nathalie becomes a problem for Adrian, when she finds an old letter from Francesca. The letter proves that Francesca really seemed to love Adrian and that they share not one but two children together. Leonard
Leonard von Lahnstein
Dr. Leonard Antonio Sebastian von Lahnstein is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe portrayed by actor Lars Korten from March 11, 2004 to September 10, 2009.-Storylines:...
(Lars Korten), who is believed to be Johannes' son was fathered by Adrian too. Nathalie cannot keep that a secret, because Leonard is ready to give up his great love Sarah Hofmann
Sarah Hofmann
Sarah von Lahnstein is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was portrayed by actress Sina-Valeska Jung from July 11, 2006 to May 5, 2009....
(Sina-Valeska Jung
Sina-Valeska Jung
Sina-Valeska Jung is a German actress best known for her portrayal of Sarah Hofmann on the long-running German soap opera Verbotene Liebe on the German television channel Das Erste. Her first appearance was on July 11, 2006...
), which he believes is his half sister, and marry someone else. But Adrian does not want to use this secret yet and captivates Nathalie. Adrian later breaks the news to Johannes, when Leonard's wedding day has arrived. Johannes is shocked and tries to tell Leonard the truth. But he already married Jana Brandner
Jana von Lahnstein
Jana von Lahnstein is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was played by actress Friederike Sipp from October 1, 2002 to March 21, 2005...
(Vanessa Jung
Vanessa Jung
Vanessa Jung is a German actress.After school she went to New York and had a professional acting training. Before, she had a modern dance training in Munich....
). After the secret is out, Adrian has no use for Nathalie anymore and tells her to look at herself how messed up she is.
Other than by Constantin, Adrian wants to get to know Leonard. But he does not trust his father and wants to be loyal to Johannes. Adrian is impressed with this behavior and proud that he is not as easy to influence than Constantin. When he sees how impressed Adrian seems to be with Leonard, Constantin feels how much it hurts that he means nothing to his father. But Leonard keeps his distance to Adrian and instead becomes a better brother to Constantin, now that they both share Adrian as a father.
Adrian seeks for other allies in his war against Johannes and is sure that he found this someone in Sebastian von Lahnstein
Sebastian von Lahnstein
Sebastian von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character has been portrayed by actor Joscha Kiefer from November 26, 2007 to October 13, 2009...
(Joscha Kiefer
Joscha Kiefer
Joscha Kiefer is a German actor and best known for his role as Sebastian von Lahnstein on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe ....
), Johannes' nephew. After Sebastian's father Ludwig, who was also a good fried of Adrian, died and Johannes seemed to be not interested in this part of the family, Adrian took care of Sebastian and his siblings. He became their father figure and financed them their education. Thankful for that, Sebastian comes to Düsseldorf to work for Adrian. Soon Sebastian also meets his uncle and cousins. Furious how Johannes treated his father, Sebastian seems to be up for revenge. But with old letters that Johannes sent Ludwig, he can prove that he wanted to help him, but Ludwig would not let him. Sebastian is shocked and wants to apologize to Johannes, but it's to late. Johannes is on a business trip, from which he never returns. His plane went down over the Atlantic ocean and Johannes remains as presumed death. Sebastian gets disappointed in Adrian, when he finds out that Tanja is still alive and lives together with Ansgar's son Hannes in Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
. Adrian wants Sebastian's forgiveness and brings Tanja under false pretenses back.
With Tanja back in town, he lost her as his partner in crime, thanks to his betrayal. Sebastian moves to Castle Königsbrunn and begins to work for the Lahnstein Holding after Johannes' death, while Adrian takes a moment and remembers his old rival and friend. Even through, he fought against Johannes he seems truly sorry that their feud had to end like this. Ansgar becomes Adrian's new enemy and it does not take the scheming son of Johannes too long, until he can ruin Adrian's reputation. Ansgar hires Camilla von Berneck (Bianca Karsten), an old lover of Adrian, to get in contact with him again to manage a campaign for baby food. But Ansgar tampered the food and poisoned it. He lets the campaign blow of before it gets to sale.
After leaving town for a while, Adrian comes back in January 2009 to offer Tanja and Ansgar a deal they cannot refuse. But Elisabeth
Elisabeth von Lahnstein
Elisabeth von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe, portrayed by actress Martina Servatius...
(Martina Servatius) finds out about it. She wants to use Adrian's knowing about Tanja and Ansgar's plans to protect the Lahnstein Holding. She offers him a lot of money and Adrian agrees to help her. In the next few weeks, Adrian cannot give Elisabeth much information. When Ansgar wants Adrian to help Tanja with a meeting in South America
South America
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, he refuses to be there for his foster children Rebecca
Rebecca von Lahnstein
Rebecca von Lahnstein is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was portrayed by Jasmin Lord and debuted on June 17, 2008. In 2009, Lord earned the Miss Soap award as the most beautiful actress in a soap opera, followed by the German Soap Award as Sexiest...
(Jasmin Lord) and Sebastian. Ansgar begins to question Adrian's motives, when a fax from Tanja goes missing. Adrian stole it, so that Elisabeth and he have prove against them. But Ansgar knows to early about Adrian's betrayal and can win the fax back in a fight, before Elisabeth and Adrian can use it. After Ansgar knows that Adrian helped Elisabeth, he swears Adrian revenge. Elisabeth warns Adrian to take Ansgar's words seriously and offers him money to leave town for a while. Adrian first refuses and does not want to let Rebecca and Sebastian down again. But after Rebecca talked with Elisabeth, Rebecca begs him to leave town, so that she and Sebastian would know that he is safe. Adrian says goodbye to Rebecca and swears to Ansgar that he will come back, before he leaves town.
Crimes committed
- Kidnapped Sophia von Lahnstein and blackmailed 5,000,000 € for her life.
- Helped Tanja von Anstetten to fake her own death and kidnap her son Hannes.
- Several illegal business deals.
- Hold Nathalie von Lahnstein hostage, when she wanted to tell Leonard that he is Adrian's son.
- Blackmailed Olivia Schneider to sleep with Ansgar von Lahnstein, fake a pregnancy and a miscarriage.