Oliver Sabel and Christian Mann

Oliver Sabel and Christian Mann are fictional characters from the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe'' (''Forbidden Love''), which was broadcast on Das Erste from 1995 to 2015. Portrayed by Jo Weil (Oliver) and Thore Schölermann (Christian), the characters were introduced seven years apart but rose to prominence as a same-sex supercouple. Weil later returned to play Oliver in the 2020–2021 revival series, ''Verbotene Liebe: Next Generation''.

Weil and Schölermann were celebrated internationally for their cliché-free portrayal of a same-sex couple. Oliver and Christian's 2010 marriage was the first church wedding between two men ever dramatized on German television. Provided by Wikipedia