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.
as Richard
as Jakob Fugger
as Eberding
as Kardinal Borgia
as Cesare Borgia
as Heinrich Institoris
as Kardinal della Rovere
as Battista Nardini
as Kardinal Sforza
as Abt Torrani
as Papst Innozenz VIII.
as Lorenzo di Medici
as Kardinal Gherardo
as Giovanni di Medici
as Zobeida
as Bruder Ludwig
as Wachmann
as Richard jung
as Abt Michael
as Cleric
as Bischof Golser
as Saviya
