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Rolf Blomberg (voiced by Gustaf Skarsgård):Rolf Blomberg was a 22-year-old Swedish journalist and photographerwho visited Floreana, along with Norwegian fisherman TrygveNuggerud, in <strong>the</strong> summer of 1934. Blomberg had come to <strong>the</strong> Islandintent on meeting <strong>the</strong> Baroness and was <strong>the</strong> first outsider to learn ofher disappearance. He <strong>the</strong>n became <strong>the</strong> reporter who broke <strong>the</strong> storyto <strong>the</strong> international press. After World War II, Blomberg settledpermanently in Ecuador and, with that as his base, produced morethan 30 documentaries for Swedish television. Some of his footageappears in THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR.Modern Characters (in order of appearance)Octavio Latorre:Historian Octavio Latorre lives in Quito, Ecuador and haswritten extensively on <strong>the</strong> human history of <strong>the</strong> GalapagosIslands. His first and most well-known book is The Curseof <strong>the</strong> Giant Tortoise: Tragedies, Mysteries and Crimes inThe Galapagos Islands.Fritz Hieber:Fritz Hieber is <strong>the</strong> grandnephew of Friedrich Ritter. Hegrew up in Brombach, Germany—not far from Wollbach,<strong>the</strong> childhood home of Friedrich. Throughout his youth Fritzwas told countless stories about Ritter, Dore Strauch ando<strong>the</strong>r Floreana inhabitants, and he eloquently relatessome of <strong>the</strong>se stories in <strong>the</strong> film. Hieber now lives nearFrankfurt, and like his granduncle, is a physician..Jacqueline and Gil De Roy:Belgian expatriate Jacqueline De Roy immigrated toSanta Cruz Island in 1955 along with her late husbandAndre and <strong>the</strong>ir two-year-old daughter Tui. Her son Gilwas born on Santa Cruz in 1958. Both of <strong>the</strong>m still liveon <strong>the</strong> Island.

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