Simon Van Halder — Desperate Moment Character Profile

About Simon Van Halder

Protagonist. A wrongly imprisoned Dutch ex-resistance fighter who escapes to find witnesses clearing his name and reunite with Anna, the childhood love he thought was dead.

Simon Van Halder — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Dirk Bogarde

Appears in

Desperate Moment (1953)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Simon Van Halder — Professional Military Contact — Capt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army (Harold Ayer)

  U.S. Army officer with connections

• Simon Van Halder — Professional Informant — German Prison Doctor (Gerard Heinz)

  Doctor with potentially useful information

• Simon Van Halder — Professional Guard — Cellblock Guard Becker (Carl Jaffe)

  Prison guard monitoring Simon

• Simon Van Halder — Conflict Obstacle — Warder Goeter (Fritz Wendhausen)

  Prison official blocking Simon's path

• Simon Van Halder — Alliance Reluctant Helper — Capt. Bob Sawyer (Philip Friend)

  Captain Sawyer provides limited assistance

• Simon Van Halder — Conflict Pursued By — Polizei Inspector (Andre Mikhelson)

  Inspector hunting the fugitive Simon

• Simon Van Halder — Conflict Framed By — Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger (Albert Lieven)

  Ravitch falsely accused Simon of murder

• Simon Van Halder — Alliance Ally — Anna DeBurg (Mai Zetterling)

  Partners in search of truth

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• Anna DeBurg (Mai Zetterling)
• Capt. Bob Sawyer (Philip Friend)
• Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger (Albert Lieven)
• Valentin Vladek, alias Winter (Friedrich Joloff)
• Warder Goeter (Fritz Wendhausen)
• Anton (Theodore Bikel)
• Berlin detective (Ferdy Mayne)
• Ship's Watchman (Paul Hardtmuth)
• Colonel Bertrand (Walter Rilla)
• Cellblock Guard Becker (Carl Jaffe)
• Mink, Valentin's girl (Simone Silva)
• German boy (Vernon Morris)