Hans Wagner

This article is about the character. For articles with similar titles, see Hans Wagner (disambiguation).

Hans Wagner
Occupation	Safe designer
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	5'11" (180cm)
Eye color	Blue
Appearances
Portrayed by	Christian Steyer
Appears in	Army of the Dead (mentioned) Army of Thieves
Debut	Army of Thieves

"The man who designed this wonderful work of art, Hans Wagner, he named it der Götterdämmerung for the final chapter in his namesake Richard Wagner's epic opera, Der Ring des Nibelungen."

Ludwig Dieter, Army of the Dead

Hans Wagner was a world-famous safe builder who designed, among his other work, the Götterdämmerung. Ludwig Dieter, who developed a passion for locking mechanisms at a young age, eventually became obsessed with Wagner's work. Wager was portrayed by Christian Steyer in Army of Thieves and was mentioned before that in Army of the Dead.

Biography

Wagner working.

Wagner was a renowned safe designer who established the company Hans Wagner Tresore AG at the edge of Munich, Germany. He was a hardworking pillar of the community until he lost his wife and son. Late in his life, he built four masterpieces, the cracking of which would eventually become Ludwig Dieter's life goal. He believed himself to be the bastard son of German composer Richard Wagner, and so the four safes were designed based on, and named after Richard's Der Ring des Nibelungen operas:

• Das Rheingold
• Die Walküre
• Siegfried
• Götterdämmerung

After completing his Ring Cycle safes, he crafted one final safe; one designed to seal away his misery. He stepped inside and locked himself in, never to be seen again. His factory workers attempted to free him, but Wagner's work was too pure. His final safe, his body still inside, was dropped into the ocean.

Abilities

• Engineering: Wagner was famous in Munich for his talent in lock design, and his four masterpiece safes later became legendary among those who respected the craft.
• Business acuity: Hans Wagner Tresore AG was a staple of the Munich economy during Wagner's time running the company.

Relationships

• Wife
• Son

Gallery

Locket photographs of Wagner's family

Map of the known locations of Wagner safes in Europe

Wagner as a zombie, as imagined by Sebastian

Trivia

• Christian Steyer, who portrays Wagner, also portrayed Heinrich Gustav Tannhaus in the Netflix series, Dark. H.G. Tannhaus is a similar inventor to Hans Wagner, especially concerning details of his inventions and how they relate to semi-confirmed time-related fan theories about the Armyverse. Tannhaus, similarly to Wagner, lost his family and buried himself in his work. Tannhous invented a time machine to attempt to save his family, while Wagner built a chamber to lock himself away from the world.