Field Marshal Erwin Rommel — The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Character Profile

About Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Central German field marshal recovering from illness, defies Hitler's rigid defensive orders in North Africa, oversees the Atlantic Wall, and becomes implicated in the anti-Hitler conspiracy, ultimately choosing suicide to protect his family.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

James Mason

Appears in

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Field Marshal Erwin Rommel — Professional Commander — Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (Leo G. Carroll)

  Senior leadership duo navigating catastrophic strategic failures under Nazi rule.

• Field Marshal Erwin Rommel — Conflict Assassin — Commando (George Nader)

  Target and pursuers locked in a failed initial strike that sets the war's trajectory.

• Field Marshal Erwin Rommel — Professional Superior — Adolf Hitler (Luther Adler)

  Dictator and subordinate bound by military chain of command but fractured by ideological defiance.

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• Dr. Karl Strolin (Cedric Hardwicke)
• 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)
• Lt. Colonel Desmond Young (Desmond Young)
• Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker (Paul Cavanagh)
• Capt. Hermann Aldinger (Richard Boone)
• Gen. Fritz Bayerlein (George Macready)
• Narrator (voice) (uncredited) (Michael Rennie)
• Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (John Hoyt)