Andi Fritzsche
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Dominic Saleh-Zaki as Andi Fritzsche
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| Verbotene Liebe character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Dominic Saleh-Zaki | ||||||||
| Duration | 2001-2007, 2009-present | ||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1589 4 October 2001 |
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| Occupation | Former construction worker at 'Brandner Bau' Former student for art |
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| Parents | Jutta Fritzsche |
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| Siblings | Daniel Fritzsche |
| Aunts and uncles | Tilmann Fritzsche (paternal uncle; deceased) |
| Nieces and nephews | Vivian Seeger (niece, via Daniel) |
Andreas "Andi" Fritzsche is a fictional character of the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love). The character was played by actor Dominic Saleh-Zaki from 4 October 2001 to 8 November 2007. In July 2009 it was announced that Saleh-Zaki would reprise his role. Before reappearing on-screen, the character was seen in a five-part web series; showing Andi's way back to town. He returned to the show on 9 November 2009.
Dominic Saleh-Zaki is introduced in October 2001 as Daniel's little brother Andi. He just skipped school and wants to start a life after his ideas. He finds a good friend in Oliver Sabel, played by Jo Weil and begins to work at Brander Bau, a construction company owned by Arno Brandner, played by Konrad Krauss. The viewers also find out that Andi has the dream to drive along the Panamericana with a motor bike. His boss Arno becomes a father figure for him and a good friend.
Andi is a charming and chaotic young man, who becomes well known for his complicated love affairs. He has always a cool saying and women see him as a macho. But Andi is also a very loyal friend and someone you can have fun with and you can count on. Only a woman can come anytime between that. He tries to take life easy and sometimes seems immature in his behavior, when it comes to the gravity of life. With time Andi grows a little bit and seems to get what is important in life, even is ready to start a family at one point.
When Andi arrives in Düsseldorf, he skipped school and moves in with his brother Daniel (Markus Prinz) in a flat-share, while start working at Brandner Bau to make enough money to drive along the Panamericana with his motor bike. He begins to fall for the beautiful Lara Cornelius (Karoline Schuch), granddaughter of Arno's then-wife Elisabeth (Martina Servatius). But Lara isn't in to him and time and time again lets him run aground. Andi wants to make her jealous and starts a flirt with Lara's friend Franziska von Beyenbach (Lina Tiedtke). What starting off as a flirt, soon goes into dating. Andi thinks it's not a big thing, while Franziska is in love with him and wants to introduce him as her new boyfriend to her parents. When Franziska's family welcomes him with open arms, Andi is afraid to tell Franziska the truth or break thing off with her. When Lara moves with her mother Nina Ryan (Freya Trampert) to Greece, Franziska finds out that Andi never loved her and was only interested in Lara. Franziska is heartbroken and breaks up with him, while Andi realizes that he really has fallen in love with Franziska. After a long fight to get her back, Andi and Franziska reunite.
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