Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

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Green Beret U.S. Army officer fictional character film character

Colonel Walter E. Kurtz is the enigmatic, rogue U.S. Army Special Forces officer who becomes a godlike, tyrannical figure in the Cambodian jungle in Francis Ford Coppola’s film *Apocalypse Now*.

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Label Occurrences
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz canonical 5
Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now 1
Walter E. Kurtz 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Green Beret ⓘ
U.S. Army officer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
affiliation United States Special Forces ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Special Forces

United States Army ⓘ
appearsIn Apocalypse Now ⓘ
basedOn Kurtz ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Kurtz
commands loyal native followers ⓘ
renegade Montagnard forces ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfOriginInStory United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdFor Apocalypse Now ⓘ
creator Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
John Milius ⓘ
deathInStory killed by Captain Willard ⓘ
decorationsInStory highly decorated officer ⓘ
education West Point graduate ⓘ
former member of the 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
fullName Colonel Walter E. Kurtz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walter E. Kurtz
inspiredBy Kurtz ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Kurtz
inspiredByWork Heart of Darkness ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
militaryRank Colonel ⓘ
missionTargetOf Captain Benjamin L. Willard ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodiment of the horrors of war ⓘ
symbol of moral decay in war ⓘ
notableQuote The horror. The horror. ⓘ
occupation soldier ⓘ
special forces officer ⓘ
personalityTrait charismatic ⓘ
enigmatic ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
tyrannical ⓘ
portrayedBy Marlon Brando ⓘ
roleInWork antagonist ⓘ
central character ⓘ
setting Cambodian jungle ⓘ
statusInStory deserter ⓘ
rogue officer ⓘ
worshiped as a god ⓘ
themeAssociation absolute power ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
madness ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
the darkness within human nature ⓘ
threatPerceivedBy United States military commanders ⓘ
surface form: U.S. military command

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Apocalypse Now → character → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz ⓘ
Marlon Brando → characterRole → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now
Captain Benjamin L. Willard in Apocalypse Now → enemy → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz ⓘ
subject surface form: Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Photojournalist in Apocalypse Now → admires → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz ⓘ
subject surface form: Photojournalist (Apocalypse Now)
Photojournalist in Apocalypse Now → loyalTo → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz ⓘ
subject surface form: Photojournalist (Apocalypse Now)
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz → fullName → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walter E. Kurtz
Captain Benjamin L. Willard → target → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz ⓘ