Character Profiles
ELIZA – COMPLETE CHARACTER OVERVIEW ALL 8 EPISODES
All concept artwork and scene illustrations created and owned by
Dr. Faramarz Norouzi.
© 2025 Dr. Faramarz Norouzi. All rights reserved.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
YOSEF
Age Development: 10 years (childhood) → 21 years (1979) → 23 years (1982) → 40-51 years (present)
Profession: Piano maker/Piano manufacturer
DEVELOPMENT: From child → young rescuer of Eliza → protective adoptive father → middle-aged man confronting truth → finally forgiven and reconciled after attack in Poland
“Eliza”
ELIZA = ANNA
Age Development
- Actual birth: January 1977 (Yosef’s confession)
- Official records: September 1977 (protective alteration)
- 2004: 27 years old
- Arc: Age 2 (1979) → 3–5 (childhood) → 25–33 (adulthood)
Profession
Cultural coordinator / University lecturer
Character Development
From a silent, traumatized child → to an innocent girl coming of age → to a truth-seeking adult woman → finally reconciled with her origins.
HAMED
Age Development:
10 years (childhood) → 20 years (1979) → 21-23 years → 30 years (died 1988)
Profession: Revolutionary → Soldier
DEVELOPMENT: From childhood friend to Yosef → passionate revolutionary → warrior in Iran-Iraq war → dying veteran who reveals crucial truths about Mahtab
BABA (BABA MORTEZA)
Age: 50-60 years Role: Yosef’s father
DEVELOPMENT: YOSEF`s Father( BABA) – 50s–60s
An authoritarian and stern patriarch, shaped by tradition and hard times. He raises Yosef with an iron fist, where obedience and discipline are more important than love. His cold presence marks Yosef’s childhood and becomes a dark shadow over Yosef’s own fatherhood. In memories and dreams, he returns as a voice of harshness – a constant contrast to Yosef’s attempts to give Eliza the warmth he himself never received.
HADI
HADI Age Development:
10 years (childhood) → 30-33 years (1979-1982)
Profession: Former childhood friend → Revolutionary fanatic → Revolutionary Guard
DEVELOPMENT: From childhood friend to Yosef and Hamed → transforms into dangerous antagonist who uses revolution for power → persistent threat throughout series
MASTER SABER
Age: 60s Profession: Bookbinder and calligraphy master Role: Mahtab’s uncle
DEVELOPMENT: Gentle and wise mentor → helps Yosef navigate family relationships and tradition
MAHTAB
Age Development:
20-21 years → 23 years → 48 years
Profession: Nursing student → Political activist → Piano teacher (exile)
DEVELOPMENT: From loving wife → political activist who abandons family → absent but mentioned → finally returning in Belgium with new family
AMBASSADOR ARTUR ZIELINSKI
Age: 50s Profession: Polish ambassador
DEVELOPMENT: Professional diplomat → key to Eliza’s Polish heritage → confirms her origins through the necklace
PASTOR PIOTR
Age: 70 years Profession: Polish priest
DEVELOPMENT: Guilt-bearing priest who knew Eliza’s mother → truth mediator → supportive guide in Poland → helps with cultural translation
JADWIGA
Age: 70+ years Role: Eliza’s aunt, Holocaust survivor
DEVELOPMENT: Waiting relative who longed for news → joyful reunion with Eliza → unwavering kindness and support
KATARZYNA
Age: 25 years Role: Eliza’s cousin, Jadwiga’s daughter
DEVELOPMENT: Unknown relative → cultural interpreter and bridge between Polish and Iranian identity
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
HANIYEH Age Development: 23 years → 26 years → 53-54 years Role: Yosef’s sister, Hamed’s wife/widow DEVELOPMENT: Supporting sister → worried war wife → strength as widow and family support
AZIZ Age Development: 50-60 years → 70 years Role: Yosef’s mother DEVELOPMENT: Skeptical of Eliza’s adoption → accepting → intuitive and wise elderly woman
KASRA Age: 30s Profession: Skilled pianist in Yosef’s workshop DEVELOPMENT: Employee pianist → reliable replacement who takes over workshop during travel
BORIS Age: 70+ years Role: Jadwiga’s husband DEVELOPMENT: Practical support → loyalty and helpfulness through crisis
DR. SHAMS (AMIR SHAMS) Age: 40s Profession: Doctor with Iranian background DEVELOPMENT: Professional caregiver → representative of diaspora experience
HAMED (YOUNGER/SON) Age: 21 years Role: Haniyeh’s son, named after his uncle DEVELOPMENT: New generation carrying older generation’s memory
THE OLDER POLISH WOMAN (DREAM FIGURE) Age: Timeless DEVELOPMENT: Mysterious warning giver in dreams → intensified guidance → finally voice of forgiveness who disappears when truth is revealed
EUROPEAN WOMAN/ELIZA MOTHER Eliza’s biological mother, Polish missionary worker, died 1979
WILLIAM DAREK Eliza’s biological father, orphanage upbringing, suicide
ELHAM RUBENSTEIN Age: 23, Mahtab’s daughter in Germany
MR. NEMAT Age: 45, teahouse owner, Hamed’s violent stepfather
MRS. NARGES Age: 50-60, family friend/neighbor
HASSAN & OMAR Emirati buyers from Sharjah
SHAHRAM Age: 40s, Yosef’s friend and lawyer
DR. OMID MORADI Age: 50s, doctor with Persian background
CEMETERY GUARD Age: 60, keeps contact information
EMBASSY SECRETARY Age: 30-40s, facilitates meetings
XENOPHOBIC ATTACKERS Age: 20-30s, attack in Poland
ELIZA – COMPLETE CHARACTER OVERVIEW ALL 8 EPISODES
All concept artwork and scene illustrations created and owned by
Dr. Faramarz Norouzi.
© 2025 Dr. Faramarz Norouzi. All rights reserved.
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