History Characters / HonooNoAlpenRose

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaekoShimazu (Japanese), Magali Barney (French), Creator/EmanuelaPacotta/Creator/PatriziaSalmoiraghi (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japanese), Marc Lebel (French), Gabriele Calindri (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/MasakoKatsuki (Japanese), Unknown (French), Lia Barberi/Paolo De Santis (Italian), Eman Hail/Suheir Fahad (Arabic)

* ChekhovsGunman: The only word Printemps can say is ''Alpine Rose''. [[spoiler: When he says them in front of ''Hélène''...]]

* TeamPet: Printemps is Jeudi's parrot and accomapanies her and Lundi in evading the Count.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshinoTakamori (Japanese), Laurence Crouzet (French), Debora Magnaghi/Donatella Fanfani (Italian), Eman Hail (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokuShioya (Japanese), Nicolas Brémont (French), (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikiTakahashi (Japanese), Dorothée Jemma (French), Marcella Silvestri (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Run Sasaki (Japanese), Unknown (French), Alessandra Karpoff (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuichiIkeda (Japanese), Régis Reuilhac (French), Guilano Bonetta/Gianfranco Gamba/Lorenzo Scattorin (Italian), Muhammad Helmy (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RihokoYoshida (Japanese), Dorothée Jemma/Magali Barney (French), Patrizia Salmoiraghi/Tullia Piredda (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Fumio Matsuka (Japanese), Jean-Pierre Delage (French), Mario Scarabelli (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShozoIizuka (Japanese), Roger Crouzet (French), Mario Scarabelli (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese), Vincent Ropion (French), Giorgio Bonino/Patrizio Prata (Italian), Muhammad Al-Qabbani (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tomoko Munakata (Japanese), Monique Thierry (French), Elda Olivieri/Valeria Falcinelli (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasaruIkeda (Japanese), Marc Lebel (French), Pietro Ubaldi/Natale Ciravolo (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaekoShimazu (Japanese), Magali Barney (French), Creator/EmanuelaPacotta/Patrizia Salmoiraghi (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

* SparedInTheAdaptation: In the manga, he was killed by Jean-Jacques. In the anime, while he's terrfiied of Jean (and Jean implies he'll shoot him), he ultimately survives.

* AllMenAreRapists: [[spoiler: Ludwig threatened to have Theodor arrested for his anti-Nazi activism, unless Louise regularly had sex with him. A brokenhearted Louise gave in, and later committed suicide.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Toshiya Ueda (Japanese), Unknown (French), Riccardo Rovatti/Dario Oppido (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToruOhira (Japanese), (French), Antonio Paiola/Riccardo Rovatti (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaekoShimazu (Japanese), Magali Barney (French), Emanuela Pacotto/Patrizia Salmoiraghi (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Jean-Jacques is actually Lundi's older brother. He refuses to accept Lundi at first, but Lundi cotninues t chase him and begs for Jean-Jacques to acknowledge him.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Run Sasaki (Japanese), Unknown (French), Unknown (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

* TheGunslinger: He has his very own fancy golden pistol that he uses for animal hunting. [[spoiler: He tries to assassinate General Guisan with it when Jean-Jacques turns on him.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: When he attempts to shoot Guisan, Lundi jumps in front of the bullet and takes the hit. Horrified by what he's done, Alfred breaks down and instantly regrets it. When Lundi is in the hospital, he receives a large amount of blood transfusion from Alfred.]]

* TheGunslinger: He owns a golden pistol [[spoiler: that he even tries to assassinate General Guisan with when Jean-Jacques turns on him.]]

* DeclarationOfProtection: He was already in love with Jeudi, but when Leon asks him to take care of her, he swears to do it.

!!Bormann

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa Robert Capa]], a Hungarian-American photographer considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history because of the photos he took during World War II.

!!Aschenbach Family
[[folder:As a whole]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Implied. When Jeudi asks Leon how they died, he says he doesn't know how - just that they died in prison.
* GoodParents: They were very loving parents to Leon, and he became a reculse after their deaths.
* LaResistance: They despised the Nazis and supported Friedrich Brandel's anti-Nazi resistance. For this they were arrested and imprisoned.
* PosthumousCharacter: They are deceased by the start of the story, but left a large impact on Leon.
* TheVoiceless: Since they're deceased by the time the story starts, they don't have any speaking roles.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Franz Aschenbach]]
!!Franz Aschenbach (フランツ・アッシェンバッハ)
Leon's father.

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[[caption-width-right:709:Franz Aschenbach]]
* ClassyCravat: Sort of. He wore a bow that resembles a cravat and was from a wealthy family.
* InTheBlood: Like his son, he was a musician, and one who opposed Nazis.

[[folder:Eleonora Aschenbach]]
!!Eleonora Aschenbach (エレオノーラ・アッシェンバッハ)
Leon's mother.

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[[caption-width-right:593:Eleonora Aschenbach]]
* LongHairIsFeminine: In the photo Leon shows to Jeudi, Eleonora has long hair and a bun.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: Leon has her big, beautiful eyes.
* PrimAndProperBun: Her hair is tied into a bun, and is also plaited at the bottom.
* TragicKeepsake: Her white cup. It was her favourite, and Leon keeps it because it reminds him of her.

!!Brandel Family

* LaResistance: Both of them heavily opposed the Nazi rise of Europe and when Hélène was engaged to a Nazi, she was disgusted and ran away from him. [[spoiler:They took part in anti-Nazi movements across Europe and fought against them until they either died or were left disabled.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks:
** [[spoiler:Hélène crawls towards Toulonchamp in the middle of his HostageSituation, holds on his leg while he's holding Jeudi at knife point, distracting him enough to let Lundi pounce on him and sett Jeudi free.]]
** [[spoiler: Friederich Brandel composing ''Alpine Rose''. Not only did it double as a symbol of La Résistance, but it was his biggest token of love for Hélène as they became StarCrossedLovers. Jeudi sang it to prove her identity to Hélène undid all of Toulonchamp's plans in regards to the Dunants, and before that it was one of Jeudi's few memories about her own past as well.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: She and Friederich were once married and had a child, but then her mother separated the two of them.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: Both of them have blonde hair and green eyes, just like Jeudi. Jeudi looks so much like Hélène that the bitler of the Dunants, who served the Dunant family for many years, nearly spills his tea when seeing her.]]

[[folder:Hélène Brandel]]
!!Hélène Brandel (née Dunant) (エレーヌ・ブレンデル)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tomoko Munakata (Japanese), Monique Thierry (French), Elda Olivieri/Valeria Falcinelli (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

A skilled pianist and the firstborn daughter of the wealthy Dunant family. She was born in 1904 in Vaud, Switzerland. [[spoiler: She was engaged to Count Gourmant, but didn't love him and eventually married Friedrich Brandel, with who she had a daughter, Alicia. When Hélène was 28, her and Alicia were flying in a plane that crashed, leading them to become separated. Hélène was retrieved by the Dunant family, while Alicia was discovered by a Swiss family and given a new name - Jeudi.]]

She currently lives at the Dunant house, but has lost her vision.

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[[caption-width-right:394:Hélène Dunant]]
* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: After Hélène's blinded, her mother involves Michel Toulonchamp in a scheme to pretend that his daughter, Mathilda, is Alicia and the two are slowly killing her against her knowledge.]]
* BlindMusician: She was a skilled pianist in her youth, before she turned blind as the result of an accident.
* CallingTheOldWomanOut: Hélène is ''very'' angry at her mother when [[spoiler: she confronts her on the deals with Toulonchamp, and ''specially'' on how they separated her from Friederich and Jeudi.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: She's the woman who rejected Gourmant's love in the past. And Gourmant later finds her daughter Alicia/Jeudi and ''also'' chases after her, ''specifically'' because she looks like Hélène (though he won't know who she really is until ''much'' later.)]]
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: The plane crash took her sight from her, and her lover died at war. When we finally meet her in person, she's bed-ridden and quiet, not to mention with her health in complete tatters...]]
* DelicateAndSickly: Hélène has a weak heart [[spoiler: and almost non-existent eyesight.]] What makes this worse is that [[spoiler: Mathilda and her father have been ''slowly poisoning her'' for a long time, so they keep her physically weakened enough to mantain the masquerade.]]
* ExactEavesdropping: [[spoiler: When Jeudi is at the Dunants, Printemps encounters Hélène and tries to encourage her to walk. Hélène is blind, so she has to clutch the wall for support. While doing so, Michel Toulonchamp happens to be going on about his plans with the Dunants, and Hélène is shocked to find out about his true intentions]].
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Hélène and Jeudi are almost identical [[StrongFamilyResemblance in both looks]] and personality, the former being why the Count repeatedly pursues her.]]
* PinkIsFeminine: She wears a pretty light pink gown, [[spoiler: like her daughter.]]
* MissingMom: [[spoiler: She's Jeudi's mother, but doesn't recognize Jeudi at first because she's been blinded]].
* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Hélène refused to marry Count Gourmant like the Dunats had hoped, and ran away to be with Friedrich.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: After the AwfulTruth comes out, Hélène is furious and declares her hatred for Michel.]]
-->"[[spoiler: Michel Toulonchamp, that man... '''I will never forgive him'''!"]]

[[folder:Freidrich Brandel]]
!!Friederich Brandel (フリードリヒ・ブレンデル)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shuusei Nakamura (Japanese), Jean-Pierre Delage (French), Federico Danti (Italian), Hussein Abu Hamad (Arabic)
A politician from Vienna who opposes the Nazis. He was born in Vienna in 1902. He is also a skilled composer and composed the song [[spoiler: Alpen Rose]] as a farewell message for his wife, Hélène. With the Nazis taking over more and more parts of Europe, Friedrich eventually joined the army and fought on the Polish front.

* ActionDad: [[spoiler: He's Jeudi's father, and he ''fought against the Nazis in Poland''. If that's not badass enough, he also survived the plane crash that Jeudi and Hélène were in.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The Alpen Rose song he composed plays a role in Jeudi's reunification with Hélène and exposing Trounchamp's lies]]
* DespairEventHorizon:[[spoiler: After the plane accident, he would always go to the Dunant house and ask to see Hélène, but Jacques and the Tronchamps would bar him every time. When he believed that he would never be able to see her again, he was so full of grief he went to the Polish front to die.]]
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: To Jeudi, but it wasn't his fault. He was separated by her thanks to a plane accident, and the Dunants refused to tell him the truth about her.]]
* DotingParent: [[spoiler: He loved Jeudi with all his heart, and taught her how to waltz. They finally reunite when he's in the hospital for his injuries, but he sadly dies the next day]].
* LandmineGoesClick: [[spoiler: How he and his friends die in Poland. Though Friedrich was abe to hang on for a little while longer before succumbing to his injuries.]]

!!Dunant Family

* AristocratsAreEvil: Toyed with. Mrs. Dunant is a sweet person and [[spoiler: immediately recognizes Jeudi despite not being able to take her to Hélène]], but Mr. Dunant is much harsher due to the massive stress of [[spoiler: the Toulonchamps being on his tail]] ''and'' having to face the huge consequences of [[spoiler: having separated Hélène and Friederich.]]
* DubNameChange: In the French dub, they were called the '''Dunan''' family.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Jack adopts Clara and Martha as Jeudi's sisters.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: [[spoiler:They were very noble and rich, now they're still very noble but they're squeezed and manipulated by Toulonchamp.]]

[[folder:Jack Dunant]]
!!Jack Dunant (ジャック・デュナン)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuzuru Fujimoto (Japanese), Roger Crouzet (French), Maurizio Scattorin/Riccardo Mantani (Italian), Muhammad Helmy (Arabic)
Hélène's father and the patriarch of the Dunant household. He is a wealthy philanthropist, but not a nice person by nature.

* AbusiveParents: He wasn't a good dad to Hélène and tried to make her marry [[spoiler: Count Georges]]. She eventually ran away from home, leaving him a broken man.
* DefrostingIceQueen: He starts out as a cold, aloof man, but warms up to Jeudi (in part due to the resemblance she has to his daughter) and [[spoiler: she helps him unravel the wool Tolounchamp has pulled over his eyes.]]
* DubNameChange: He was known as '''Jacques Dunan''' in the French dub.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: He accuses Jeudi of being in cahoots with Friederich and starts insulting the dead Brandel's memories.]] Jeudi's reaction is [[spoiler: [[ShutUpHannibal smacking him]].]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Mr. Dunant suffers one when he finds out that Jeudi almost died ''and'' that Hélène has been slowly poisoned.]] Then [[spoiler: he has another (and quite more serious) when Toulonchamp makes clear that the family is totally in his hands.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Adopts Clara and Martha to make Jeudi happy.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: General Guisan and [[spoiler: Jeudi's grandfather Jacques]] were VitriolicBestBuds as youngsters, always squabbling but always by each other's sides. [[spoiler: They grew apart when Guisan helped Hélène run away from her ArrangedMarriage, and as a consequence Guisan wasn't able to help the Durants when they fell into Toulonchamp's paws.]]

[[folder:Christine Dunant]]
!!Christine Dunant
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Matsuko Inaba (Japanese), Renée Régnard (French), Angela Cicorella (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
Jack's wife and Hélène's mother.

* CoolOldLady: Christine often helps out at a local hospital, leading to the patients and staff viewing her as this.

!!Toulonchamp Family

* AlliterativeFamily: All of their names begin with "M".
* DubNameChange: They became the '''Tronchant''' family in the Italian dub.
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:They want to drain the Dunants of their wealth and successfully build up their own business empire, on top of the wealth they accumulated from their arms deelings]].
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Their only concerns are themselves and their wealth, as Michel even slaps Hélène for confronting him about pretending Mathilda was her daughter.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Two times over. [[spoiler:Michel approached the Dunants with the intention of helping them, but secretly craved their wealth. He had his daughter pretend to be Hélène Brandel's daughter Alicia (who's actually Jeudi), and also secretly fed her poison so she could die quicker and they could access her inheritance, and when Jeudi exposes him for being a fraud, he gives Jack a SadisticChoice expell and kill Jeudi, or, in his words, "blood will be shed".]]
* MissingMom: Neither Mathilda or Madeleine's mothers are present in the anime.
* ParentalFavouritism: Believe it or not, in the manga, it's revealed that Madeleine is Michel's favourite, because she's his oldest child and the daughter of the woman he loved the most.
* VillainousLineage: [[spoiler: Not only Michel is quite the piece of work, but Mathilda claims they're descendants of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Zaharoff Basil Zaharoff]], the Turkish-born financier and arm dealer from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.]]

[[folder:Michel Toulonchamp]]
!!Michel Toulonchamp (ミシェル・トロンシャン )
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasaruIkeda (Japanese), Marc Lebel (French), Pietro Ubaldi/Natale Ciravolo (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)
An ArmsDealer who approaches Jack after Hélène returns home. The two become fast friends, but Jack is unaware of his true intentions.

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[[caption-width-right:677:Michel Toulonchamp]]
* ArmsDealer: He is an arms dealer who operates in many countries, and has a reputation for his skill in business.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:He uses his youngest daughter Mathilda as Jeudi's BodyDouble, having her trick Hélène into believing she is the real Alicia (who is actually Jeudi) - which was very easy back then, considering that Hélène's non-existant eyesight doesn't let her see that Mathilda looks ''nothing'' like the grown-up Jeudi, who has been missing for a long time so nobody really knows how she would look like. Then, once Mathilda has wormed her place in Hélène's affections, he {{blackmail}}s the Dunants into doing whatever he asks them too, threatening with taking "Alicia" away from Hélène - which will be ''fatal'' for her due to her BreakTheCutie past '''and''' her very weak [[HeartTrauma heart]]. In the manga, Mathilda was also poisoning Hélène through her tea, but the anime cut this out.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Once he's found out, he hides his tail between his legs and tries to escape from Jack's wrath.]]
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Michel is a heavy smoker.
* KickTheDog: Not only he refers very nonchalantly to how he finances all kinds of dark deals, but [[spoiler: he punches Mr. Dunant when he attempts to confront him. He also assaults Hélène, knowing she's in a fragile state of health due to her illness.]]
* NamestoRunAwayFromReallyFast: He is nicknamed the The "Death Trader" in the merchant world because of his job.
* NouveauRiche: Implied. [[spoiler: His end goal is becoming wealthy, hence his exploitation of the Dunant family.]]
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: If the Dunants don't expell and kill Jeudi, "blood will be shed" in his words.]]
* SmugSnake: Michel is an overconfident, haughty bastard who's certain he'll.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: He smacks Hélène, knowing she has a weak heart and is disabled, when she confronts him for lying about her daughter.]]

[[folder:Mathilda Toulonchamp]]
!!Mathilda Toulonchamp (マチルダ・トロンシャン)
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SaekoShimazu (Japanese), Magali Barney (French), Emanuela Pacotto/Patrizia Salmoiraghi (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

Michel's daughter, his accomplice in crime, [[spoiler: and the fake Alicia Brandel]].

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[[caption-width-right:963:Mathilda Toulonchamp]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Mathilda falls for [[spoiler: Lundi, frequently throws herself at him and wishes for him to leave Jeudi for her, only to be rejected every single time. As a result, she's furious and plants a ForcefulKiss on him anyway.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: She deliberately puts a sweet image in front of Hélène, but this is all a facade to make her think she's her loving daughter. In actuality she is poisoning her and the Toulonchamps are planning to take the Dunant's wealth.]]
* BodyDouble: [[spoiler: Because she can imitate Jeudi's voice very well and is about her age, she poses as Alicia Brandel, Hélène's daughter.]]
* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler: She is a ManipulativeBitch in her own right, and encouraged by Michel to bring down ]].
* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:She has ginger hair and is Michel's primary minion in his schemes to usurp the Dunants.]]
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Averted. She ''hates'' Jeudi but willingly reveals her true nature as well as her heritage to Lundi, saying she's doing so ''specifically'' because she has taken a liking to him. Her other reason is that Anna's huge blunder scared the crap out of her. However, this doesn't mean she will leave her father's side...]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:When Jeudi confronts her for stealing her identity and pretending to be Hélène's daughter, Mathilda says this]].
--> [[spoiler: "YouAreTooLate. Because you haven't seen her for so long, you are '''not''' her child anymore!"]]
* MasterPoisoner: [[spoiler: While it's almost impossible to have her as a proper poison maker due to her extreme youth, Mathilda is still sly enough to slooooowly administer it to Helene to make her ill. She's also all but stated to have poisoned Jeudi's food, but she didn't get to finish the work.]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Mathilda claims to have this to cover up that she isn't the real Alicia, and therefore doesn't know the lyrics to the ''Alpine Rose'' song.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: It's implied Mathilda was once a sweet and kind girl before Michel corrupted her into being the person she is today. Even Madeleine thinks that she's under his control and needs to be freed. Once she's away from him, she returns to being the gentle girl she was in her childhood.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: When Printempts attacks her and then Lundi questions her, she throws herself crying in the arms of the very stressed Mr. Durant and briefly turns him against Lundi and Jeudi.]]

[[folder:Madeleine Toulonchamp]]
!!Madeleine Toulonchamp (マドゥレーヌ・トロンシャン )
Michel Tronchamp's eldest daughter and Matilda's half-sister. Unlike the rest of her family, she opposes the Nazis and joins LaResistance.
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* AdaptedOut: She was cut out in the anime adaptation, likely because her role in the story isn't as big as Michel or Mathilda's.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Mathilda is a ManipulativeBitch who seeks to defraud the Dunants and poisons her adoptive mother, but Madeleine is against the Nazis, disowns her families for selling arms to them and joins the resistance movement.]]
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: She eventually marries Robert Lewis.]]
* KnowledgeBroker: She seems to know quite a bit about [[spoiler: Lundi's older brother, Jean-Jacques Cortot]] and drops the information she has to the heroes.
* ScrewThisImOuttahere: [[spoiler:She refuses to join her father and sister in manipulating the Dunants, and left them a long time ago.]]
* WhiteSheep: Madeleine is the only one who realizes how screwed up the family is and is heavily disgusted at them.]]
[[/folder]]

!!Cortout Family

* AdaptedOut: Lundi's aunt and uncle didn't appear in the anime. His father did, through a flashback, and his mother and her letters were mentioned.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Franz and Marielle were very loving to their boy when they were alive. They were also philanthropic by nature; Mr. Courtot was a doctor in Africa.
* InconsistentSpelling: Is it '''Cortout''' or '''Cortot'''?

[[folder:Aunt and Uncle Cortout]]
!!Lundi's Aunt and Uncle (ランディのおじ・おば)
After Lundi's parents died, he was taken in by his father's sister and her husband. They viewed him as a burden and threw Jeudi out at the first chance they got.

* EvilUncle: When the Earl offered the a great deal of money for selling Jeudi, they took it without a second thought. When they (incorrectly) heard thay Lundi and Jeudi had died, they threw out their possessions and ran away with Franz's will.
* NoNameGiven: Unlike Franz and Marielle, their names are never revealed.
* ResentfulGuardian: They both viewed Jeudi and Lundi as extra mouths to feed and only cared for them out of an obligation to Franz.

[[folder:Franz Courtot]]
!!Franz Courtot (フランツ・コルトー)
Lundi and [[spoiler:Jean-Jacques]]'s deceased father, who died in a car accident.

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[[caption-width-right:314:Franz Courtot]]
* AfricaIsACountry: It's mentioned that Mr. Courtot went "to Africa" to work as a doctor and treat impoverished patients.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: While Franz was a hard-working doctor, his sister and her husband were poorer, lazy and had no desire to work, instead opting to sell Jeudi for money instead.

[[folder:Marielle Courtot]]
!!Mareille Courtot (マリエール・コルトー)
Lundi and [[spoiler:Jean-Jacques]]'s deceased mother. She died of a disease.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Marielle's specialty was making sweets, and she was a housewife while her husband was a doctor.
* SweetBaker: She was a skilled baker, and Lundi has many fond memories of her.
* VictorianNovelDisease: It's mentioned she died of a disease in 1931.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Lundi describes her as "tender", and she was a kind woman who succumbed to a disease while her husband died in a car accident.

!!Strasser Family

* AdaptedOut: Didn't appear in the anime, though Louise's silhouette was seen in the sixteenth episode.

[[folder:Thomas Strasser]]
!!Thomas Strasser (テオドール・シュトラッサー)
Alfred's father. A novelist and an anti-Nazi activist. He is 15 years older than Louise.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: He eventually finds a blooming, peaceful wedded life with Marie.]]
* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler: He was shocked at his wife for stealing Jean-Jacques from the Courtots (and renaming him Alfred), and eventually left her when she began acting more mentally ill]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:His wife was a heavily abusive nutjob, and his "son" (who was actually kidnapped from the hospital) displayed signs of sociopathy and violence at a young age. As a result, he left Switzerland for France and never looked back.]]

[[folder:Louise Strasser]]
!!Louise Strasser (ルイーズ・シュトラッサー)
Alfred's mother. She suffered from unknown mental issues all her life.

* AbusiveParents: She viewed Alfred as more than a son, to put it lightly. When he called her "mom", she insisted he call her Louise, and would also become uncomfortably close to him.
* AdaptationalNameChange: The anime changed her name to Emma Strasser in Alfred's flashback.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After she was forced to have SexForServices an with SS Officer, her mental illness became worse and she threw herself in a lake.]]
* FirstNameBasis: She always insisted that Alfred call her Louise and refused to let him call her "mom".
-->[[spoiler: '''Louise:''' ''"When you call me 'Mom', I feel 10 years older!"'']]
* SexForServices: [[spoiler: Officer Ludwig forces Louise to provide sexual favours for him to protect Theodor. It ended up ruining her already fragile mental state even further.]]

[[folder:Marie Strasser]]
!!Marie Strasser (マリー・シュトラッサー)
Theodore's second wife, who he lives with in France.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: According to Theodor, she's a great cook.
* FlowersOfFemininity: Her hobby is managing her garden's beautiful flowers.
* SecondLove: To Theodor, ho he loved because she was the exact opposite of Louise - graceful, sweet, kind and full of empathy.

!!Other
[[folder:Louise]]
!!Louise (ルイーズ)
A Jewish girl who lives in Switzerland. She is exiled due to the Nazi policies of expelling Jews.

* BitchSlap: [[spoiler:She slaps Jean-Jacques a murderer for killing a prominent anti-Nazi activist.]]
* LittleMissBadass: The only time a little girl has walked up to Nazi and ''slapped him across the face'', before telling him exactly what she thought of him.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: Upon finding out he killed an anti-Nazi activist, she calls Jean-Jacques a murderer and tells him he is going to hell.]]
* TokenMinority: She is Jewish, making her the anime's only confirmed non-white character.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/MasakoKatsuki (Japanese), (French), Lia Barberi/Paolo De Santis (Italian), Eman Hail (Arabic)

!!Marie Muller

!!Liesl

!!Johann

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuichiIkeda (Japanese), Régis Reuilhac (French), Guilano Bonetta/Gianfranco Gamba/Lorenzo Scattorin (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sho Hayami (Japanese), Maurice Sarfati (French)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese), Vincent Ropion (French), Giorgio Bonino/Patrizio Prata (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shuusei Nakamura (Japanese), Jean-Pierre Delage (French), Federico Danti (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuzuru Fujimoto (Japanese), Roger Crouzet (French), Maurizio Scattorin/Riccardo Mantani (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/YokuShioya (Japanese), Nicolas Brémont (French), (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeikoYokozawa (Japanese), Magali Barney (French), Debora Magnaghi/Daniela Fava (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/RihokoYoshida (Japanese), Dorothée Jemma/Magali Barney (French), Patrizia Salmoiraghi/Tullia Piredda (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba (Japanese), Gilles Laurent (French), Claudio Colombo/Massimo Di Benedetto (Italian), Taiseer Attieh (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Toshiya Ueda (Japanese), Unknown (French), Riccardo Rovatti (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/RihokoYoshida (Japanese), Dorothée Jemma/Magali Barney (French), Patrizia Salmoiraghi (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

A skilled pianist from Austria. His birthday is August 1, 1923. He opposes the Nazis for killing his parents, who were part of LaResistance. [[spoiler: He knew Jeudi from her youth when she went by the name Alicia, and had feelings for her, but she doesn't reciprocate them]]. He seeks to see the Nazis fall no matter what.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuzuru Fujimoto (Japanese), Roger Crouzet (French), Maurizio Scattorin/Riccardo Rovatti (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Matsuko Inaba (Japanese), Renée Régnard (French), Angela Cicorella (Italian), Eman Hail (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshinoTakamori

!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeiichiNanba
A boy who works as a shepherd in the Alps. His birthday is October 3, 1925. He discovers Jeudi in a plan dandelion field, and is raised by his family. They remain good friends years afterwards, which [[ChildhoodFriendRomance blossoms into something more]]. He opposes the Count courting Jeudi, and helps her escape and discover clues about her DarkAndTroubledPast.

** French: '''Stephane'''.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/MasakoKatsuki

!!!Voiced by: Creator/YokuShioya

!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeikoYokozawa (Japanese), Magali Barney (French),

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NorikoHidaka

!!!Voiced by: Creator/MikiTakahashi

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Run Sasaki

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShigeruNakahara

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShuichiIkeda

!!!Voiced by: Creator/RihokoYoshida (Japanese), Dorothée Jemma/Magali Barney (French),

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Toshiya Ueda

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hirotaka Suzuoki

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShozoIizuka

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese), Vincent Ropion (French)

* DubNameChange: His name became '''Léonard Ashenbach''' in the French dub.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToruOhira

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Susumu Kotaki

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tomoko Munakata (Japanese), Monique Thierry (French)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shuusei Nakamura (Japanese), Jean-Pierre Delage (French)

* ActionDad: [[spoiler: He's Jeudi's father, and he ''fought against the Nazis in Poland''. If that's not badass enough, he also survived the plane crash that Jeaudi and Hélène were in.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuzuru Fujimoto (Japanese), (French), (Italian), (Arabic)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Matsuko Inaba (Japanese), (French), Angela Cicorella (Italian), (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/SaekoShimazu (Japanese), Magali Barney (French), Emanuela Pacotto (Italian), Unknown (Arabic)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeikoYokozawa
Hans' little sister, a happy-go-lucky cheery child who's suffering from an ailment of some sorts.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/RihokoYoshida

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sho Hayami

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tomoko Munakata

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shuusei Nakamura

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuzuru Fujimoto

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Matsuko Inaba

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasaruIkeda

!!!Voiced by: Creator/SaekoShimazu

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He ties his long, straight hair that volominously covers his back and has a thin, elegant face with striking eyes.

* ExactEavesdroppong: [[spoiler: When Jeudi is at the Dunants, Printemps encounters Hélène and tries to encourage her to walk. Hélène is blind, so she has to clutch the wall for support. While doing so, Michel Toulonchamp happens to be going on about his plans with the Dunants, and Hélène is shocked to find out about his true intentions]].

-->"[[spoiler: Michel Toulonchamp]], that man... '''I will never forgive him'''!"

An amnesiac girl who's found in the Swiss countryside by Lundi. She has no recollection of her past, and works at the hospital for a living. Her life is changed when catches the attention of the NaziNobleman Count Germont.

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Count Germont pursues her because she's a very pretty woman. [[spoiler: It's later revealed there's more to this - Jeudi is a dead ringer for her mother Hélène, who he was once engaged to before she left him. With Hélène presumed dead, Count Germont turns his attention to her little daughter, Jeudi...]].

* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: She is the spitting image of her mother, Hélène, the woman Count Germont was engaged to before she broke it off and married Friedrich, her father]].

* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Lundi is an ordinary Swiss boy from the countryside, while Count Germont is a wealthy French elite. While Jeudi loves Lundi, she feels no such thing for the cruel Count, and him being a Nazi pedophile who tries to force himself on her doesn't help matters either.

!!Count de Germont's associates
[[folder:Count George de Germont]]
!!Count George de Germont (ジョルジュ・ド・グールモン伯爵 )

[[caption-width-right:937:Count Georges de Germont]]

* LesCollaborateurs: While France as a whole opposed Germany during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, Count Germont is amongst it's sub-set of Nazi collaborators, and is aiming to pull Switzerland into the war.

* MurderSuicide: [[spoiler: Invoked in episode 17 of the manga. In the HostageSituation she shoots Germont, but knowing that she still loves him despite everything, she stays by him as the mansion burns and consumes the two of them.]]

Count Germont's right hand man.

* TheDragon: To Germont, as he hunts down Jeudi per his command.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He seems to genuinely care for the Count, and when he insists on capturing Jeudi, Renaid begs him to reconsider his love for her since she's affiliated with LaResistance. In return, the Count scoffs and reprimands Renaud for interfering in his personal life. As the Count move son, Renaud has an expression of sadness that his master is walking headfirst into danger.
* EvilOldFolks: He is quite old and grey haired, but still a Nazi nonetheless and one that serves Count Germont.

A skilled hitman employed by Count Germont. His birthday is August 6, 1921. [[spoiler: He is actually Lundi's older brother, Jean-Jacques Courtot]].

* AssassinationAttempt: [[spoiler: He is ordered to kill Henri Guisan by Count Germont, but is thwarted by Lundi before he can.]]

* TheDreaded: Germont's cronies fear him because he's just as creepy and emotionless as an adult as he was when he was a child.

--> [[spoiler: '''Alfred:''' The Germont I knew has just died to me right now!]]

* WouldHurtAChild: None of them have qualms about shooting or even killing children. Count Germont shooting Hans is captured by Lewis on film and publiciized.

* DistressBall: [[spoiler: Chapter 17 of the manga has Leon as Germont's hostage, who has him bound to his chair and a gun against his head.]]

** [[spoiler: He took a photo of Count Germont shooting Hans in the border, which is one of many photos he takes that showcase the Count's true nature.]]

* IntrepidReporter: He aims to expose Count Germont for the cruel man he is, by photographing his acts of brutality and making sure word gets out of his actions.

A skilled pianist and the firstborn daughter of the wealthy Dunant family. She was born in 1904 in Vaud, Switzerland. [[spoiler: She was engaged to Count Germont, but didn't love him and eventually married Friedrich Brandel, with who she had a daughter, Alicia. When Hélène was 28, her and Alicia were flying in a plane that crashed, leading them to become separated. Hélène was retrieved by the Dunant family, while Alicia was discovered by a Swiss family and given a new name - Jeudi.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: She's the woman who rejected Germont's love in the past. And Germont later finds her daughter Alicia/Jeudi and ''also'' chases after her, ''specifically'' because she looks like Hélène. (Though he won't know who she really is until ''much'' later.)]]

* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Hélène refused to marry Count Germont like the Dunats had hoped, and ran away to be with Friedrich.]]

* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler: When he learns of the Count and Countess' troubled past and witnesses them both burn in the mansion, he mutters "Poor Count Garmont..." as Jeudi and Lundi look at him in surprise. Though this doesn't stop him from opposing the Count in later episodes.]]

* KidHero: Since the events of the anime take place in 1939, and Jeudi was born in 1926 while Lundi was born in 1925, this means they're 13 and 14 respectively. At their young ages, they already [[BreakTheCutie witness a lot of injustice]] and do their best to rectify it.

* SparedInTheAdaptatiom: In the manga, he was killed by Alfred Strausser. In the anime, while he's terrfiied of Alfred (and Alfred implies he'll shoot him), he ultimately survives.

[[caption-width-right:944:Alfred Strausser]]

* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Hélène and Jeudi are almost identical [[StrongFamilyResemblance in both looks]] and personality, hence why the Count repeatedly pursues her.]]

* RescueRomance: She rescues Lundi after the train bombing, and cares for him. Subverted as she likes Lundi but he already likes Jeudi.

* AdaptedOut: Lundi's aunt and uncle didn't appear in the anime.

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[[caption-width-right:926:Left to right: Jeudi, Printemps, Lundi]]

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[[caption-width-right:769:Martha]]

* DomesticAbuse: He isn't physically abusive to Françoise, but is an emotionally abusive bully, [[spoiler: culminating in her eventually shooting him.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: George and Françoise are traped in a burning building, and George can't move. He tells her to save herself, but she says she is happy with him, and recalls how selfish he was in their childhood. She is happythat he affirmed he loved her, saying now her life is complete. She then shoots herself in the head.]]

[[folder:Alfred Strausser]]
!!Alfred Strausser

A skilled hitman employed by Count Germont. His birthday is August 6, 1921. [[spoiler: He is actually Lundi's older brother, Jean-Jacques Courtot, and the two were separated at birth]].

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Alfred is actually Jean-Jacques is actually Lundi's older brother. He refuses to accept Lundi at first, but Lundi cotninues t chase him and begs for Jean-Jacques to acknowledge him.]]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He's in love with Jeudi [[spoiler:or, as he knew her, Alicia. The two would often play as children in his beautiful rose garden]]. While she cares for him greatly, she doesn't return his feelings.