Who is Who in "Alma"? "Alma" reveals an intimate picture of creative life in Europe between the wars, bringing close to the spectator the drama of a rich culture moving to its dissolution. But, above all, it is the personal story of one woman's incomparable gift for living.
FAMILY Emil Jakob Schindler father Anna von Bergen mother Carl Moll stepfather Anna Mahler daughter Maria Anna Mahler daughter Manon Gropius daughter Martin Carl Johannes son   LOVERS & HUSBANDS Gustav Klimt painter Alexander Zemlinsky Composer, Alma´s composition tutor & lover Gustav Mahler composer & Alma´s husband no. 1 Walter Gropius architect & Alma´s husband no.2 Oskar Kokoschka painter & Alma´s lover Franz Werfel poet & Alma´s husband no.3 Johannes Hollnsteiner priest & Alma´s lover   FRIENDS Berta Zuckerkandl Alma´s friend Max Burckhard Director of the Burgtheater & mentor Bruno Walter conductor Sigmund Freud psychoanalyst Dr. Paul Kammerer biologist & Alma´s lover Gerhart Hauptmann writer & Alma´s admirer August Hess Alma´s valet Alban Berg composer Helene Berg Alban Berg´s wife Georg Moenius priest Lili Leiser Alma´s friend & financier   ENEMIES Justine Mahler Mahler´s sister Anna von Mildenburg singer & Mahler´s mistress Siegfried Lipiner writer & Mahler´s friend Hermine Moos puppeteer in Munich Reserl Kokoschka´s chambermaid in Dresden Manon Gropius Gropius´ mother Romana Kokoschka Kokoschka´s mother Hans Martin Elster writer & National Socialist