Die Bergretter – Mountain Rescue

plays Markus Kofler

As head of the Ramsau mountain rescue service, Markus Kofler is following in the great footsteps of his predecessor Andreas Marthaler. His colleagues’ grief over the loss of Andreas does not make it easy for him to get started. But Markus Kofler bites through. He begins to take on the leadership role in the team. Never give up is his motto and he always pushes his personal limits.

plays Michael Dörfler

Michael is the mountain rescuer’s helicopter pilot. He knows exactly what is possible and what is not and so it is often up to him to slow his colleagues down because the safety of the team comes first. In season 7 Michael Dörfler realizes that there has been a woman around him for a long time, whom he would love to get to know better.

plays Simon Plattner

Simon is “the newcomer” to the mountain rescuers, but he offends his colleagues right from the start. Especially Markus finds it difficult to make friends with Simon Plattner´s less team-oriented nature. But for mountain rescuers, solidarity counts more than anywhere else and so everyone has to get used to the new situation. On the other hand, Simon immediately feels drawn to police officer Jessi. She seems to reciprocate his feelings – only he stands in his way.

plays Katharina Strasser

As a rescue doctor, she is an important part of the team and most involved in the mountain rescue operation. She is the half-sister of Tobias Herbrechter and fell in love with the head of the mountain rescue, Andreas Marthaler. Ironically, the man who was involved in Andrea’s accident becomes part of the team. But Katharina Strasser pulls herself together and is a mountain rescuer with great dedication. She maintains an overview, takes care of the injured medically and psychologically and bites through when necessary.

plays Tobias Herbrechter

The son of the hotelier and mayor Herbrecht is a mountain rescuer with body and soul, but initially he has considerable problems with his new colleague. Tobias Herbrechter has lost his friend Andreas, but his love for Emilie keeps him going. They share the pain and find even closer to each other. It’s getting married! Tobias often bears wounds on rescue missions, but he accepts that because saving lives is his great passion.

plays Emilie Hofer

Emilie lives with her children on the farm that she once bought with her late husband. She receives support from Andreas’ father Franz Marthaler and Tobias Herbrechter, in whom she has finally found love again. The mourning of the loss of their friend Andreas brings Emilie and Tobias even closer together, but also shows Emilie Hofer that she is justified in fear when the mountain rescuers start on their missions. Tobias wounds have always healed quickly, but what if something worse happens? She doesn’t really want to think about it and so Emilie throws herself joyfully into the preparations for the big party.

plays Peter Herbrechter

Peter Herbrechter is a businessman and mayor of Ramsau. He owns the best hotel and knows how to use his contacts skillfully at all times. He has a long friendship with Franz Marthaler. Peter would like to see his son Tobias, as his follower in his company, but he also sees his illegitimate daughter Katharina in a managerial position. He worries that both of them care more about rescuing climbers who have had an accident than about himself and his business. However, it also makes him proud.

plays Franz Marthaler

Franz’s son, Andreas, was killed in a mountain rescue operation. Franz Marthaler suffers a lot. It helps him to live in his familiar surrounding on Emilie’s farm and to help her with her everyday work. As a young man he was also part of the mountain rescue team and knows about the dangers. It is a horror for him that Markus Kofler, the man who was there in his son’s accident, is going to be the new head of mountain rescue and will inevitably often run into him. Soon he has to find out that Markus is exactly the right person.

plays Andreas Marthaler

Andreas Marthaler’s dream is to open a climbing school in the Grand Canyon. But everything changes when his best friend Stefan’s fatal accident occurs. Andreas takes care of Stefan’s widow Emilie and her children, as well as the indebted farm. As the head of the Ramsau mountain rescue service, Andreas Marthaler repeatedly succeeds in saving the lives of injured mountaineers during dangerous rescue operations. In the sixth season he is planning a trip around the world and therefore wants to leave mountain rescue team. During his last mission, he is hanging on a rope with a little girl, they are in danger of falling together. To save her, he cuts his safety rope and falls into the depths. The girl is pulled up by Markus Kofler and rescued. Andreas sacrificed his life for her.