# Fritz Rotbein — The Magic Mountain character guide

> Fritz Rotbein in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rotbein, young Fritz, the uninspiring young Rotbein

**First appearance:** 0012-breakfast

## Who they are

The sick son of Frau von Mallinckrodt, a patient at the Berghof.

## In the story

### [He Practises His French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/he-practises-his-french)

Mentioned indirectly as Sister Berta's patient, the son of a doll-manufacturer, who clandestinely eats forbidden foods.

### [The Dance of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_mountain_se/chapters/the-dance-of-death)

Mentioned as the next object of Hans Castorp's charitable visits, described as 'bored with life' and having only a short term remaining.

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