Timo Mendes
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Timo Mendes is a fictional character
from the German
soap opera
Verbotene Liebe
(Forbidden Love). Remo Schulze debuted in the role on June 23, 2011. Timo is the son of Julia von Anstetten
and her first husband Tim Sander.
. But her young marriage to Tim was everything but easy. Julia's mother Clarissa
was against her relationship with Tim and tried to separate them. Clarissa wasn't very successful until Julia got pregnant. She used her daughter's pregnancy to let Tim believe that Julia's brother Jan would be the father; causing Julia and Tim to fight over her relationship with Jan. Julia disappeared and Jan followed her. The two spend a few days together, before Julia realized that she will always love Jan and decided to disappear into the ocean. As her family and friends believed that Julia was dead, Jan was the only one who was confident that his sister is still alive. After months, Jan receives a letter from Julia in which she asks him to follow her to Spain
and start a new life with her. Jan was happy that his sister was alright, but realized that their forbidden love is never going to have a chance. After Jan declined Julia's offer, she starts a new life on her own. She gives birth to a son and names him Timo after his father Tim. Julia then meets the charismatic Ricardo Mendes, a successful young doctor. Ricardo and Julia get married and he adopts Timo. For his new family he even puts his career on hold and lives with them in a Finca on the Spanish island Mallorca
.
to her birthday, she is confronted for the first time in years with her complicated past. It doesn't take Timo long to ask his mother some difficult questions.
Fictional character
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from the German
Germany
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soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
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). Remo Schulze debuted in the role on June 23, 2011. Timo is the son of Julia von Anstetten
Julia von Anstetten
Julia Mendes is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe , played by Valerie Niehaus. She is introduced in the series' premiere on January 2, 1995. She departed from the series in July 1997, when Niehaus decided to pursue other roles...
and her first husband Tim Sander.
Background
In 1997, Julia married Tim Sander, after she thought that she overgrown her feelings for her twin-brother Jan BrandnerJan Brandner
Jan Brandner is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was played from the show's debut on January 2, 1995 to August 27, 1997 by actor Andreas Brucker. In March 2011, the role was surprisingly recast with actor Hubertus Grimm; reinstating the Brandner family and...
. But her young marriage to Tim was everything but easy. Julia's mother Clarissa
Clarissa von Anstetten
Clarissa von Anstetten is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was played by actress Isa Jank from the show's debut on January 2, 1995 to September 5, 2001. Jank left the show after a disagreement with the producers...
was against her relationship with Tim and tried to separate them. Clarissa wasn't very successful until Julia got pregnant. She used her daughter's pregnancy to let Tim believe that Julia's brother Jan would be the father; causing Julia and Tim to fight over her relationship with Jan. Julia disappeared and Jan followed her. The two spend a few days together, before Julia realized that she will always love Jan and decided to disappear into the ocean. As her family and friends believed that Julia was dead, Jan was the only one who was confident that his sister is still alive. After months, Jan receives a letter from Julia in which she asks him to follow her to Spain
Spain
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and start a new life with her. Jan was happy that his sister was alright, but realized that their forbidden love is never going to have a chance. After Jan declined Julia's offer, she starts a new life on her own. She gives birth to a son and names him Timo after his father Tim. Julia then meets the charismatic Ricardo Mendes, a successful young doctor. Ricardo and Julia get married and he adopts Timo. For his new family he even puts his career on hold and lives with them in a Finca on the Spanish island Mallorca
Mallorca
Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca...
.
The haunting past
In all those years, Julia kept her past a secret and didn't even tell Ricardo about her brother Jan. Timo, who has become a teenager, grew up thinking that Ricardo is his biological father and doesn't know that his father was murdered ten years ago. As Julia gets a call from her father Arno BrandnerArno Brandner
Arno Brandner is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character is portrayed since the show's debut on January 2, 1995 by actor Konrad Krauss.-Background:...
to her birthday, she is confronted for the first time in years with her complicated past. It doesn't take Timo long to ask his mother some difficult questions.