Dr. Karl Strolin — The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Character Profile

About Dr. Karl Strolin

Lord mayor of Stuttgart and family friend who visits Rommel in the hospital to recruit him for a conspiracy aimed at overthrowing Hitler.

Character Facts

Played by

Cedric Hardwicke

Appears in

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

• Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (James Mason)
• Frau Lucie Marie Rommel (Jessica Tandy)
• Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (Leo G. Carroll)
• Adolf Hitler (Luther Adler)
• Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf (Everett Sloane)
• Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg (Eduard Franz)
• Capt. Hermann Aldinger (Richard Boone)
• Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker (Paul Cavanagh)
• Gen. Fritz Bayerlein (George Macready)
• Lt. Colonel Desmond Young (Desmond Young)
• Commando (George Nader)
• Narrator (voice) (uncredited) (Michael Rennie)