Captain — Fort 13 Character Profile

About Captain

A Russian army captain trapped in the abandoned Fort 13 during and after WWI. Plagued by the psychological toll of prolonged isolation, he ultimately commits suicide.

Captain — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Leon Niemczyk

Appears in

Fort 13 (1984)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Captain — Alliance Teammate — Lieutenant (Janusz Krawczyk)

  Fellow Russian officers trapped together in the abandoned fortress.

• Captain — Narrative Hallucination — Lieutenant-Ghost (Krzysztof Kursa)

  Captain's fractured mind projects a spectral figure of the lieutenant.

• Captain — Conflict Enemy Commander — Austrian General (Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski)

  Opposing military commanders during World War I.

• Captain — Family Spouse — Wife (Grażyna Szapołowska)

  Captain's marital bond, a memory that deepens his isolation.

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• Lieutenant (Janusz Krawczyk)
• Lieutenant-Ghost (Krzysztof Kursa)
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