Major Heinrich Strasser

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Nazi officer fictional character film character

Major Heinrich Strasser is the primary Nazi antagonist in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," serving as a ruthless German officer sent to capture resistance leader Victor Laszlo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi officer ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
allegiance Nazi Germany ⓘ
antagonistOf Rick Blaine ⓘ
Victor Laszlo ⓘ
appearsIn Casablanca ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Gestapo ⓘ
basedOn character from the unproduced play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" ⓘ
characterAlignment villain ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfFilmOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Joan Alison ⓘ
Murray Burnett ⓘ
employer Nazi regime ⓘ
fate shot by Rick Blaine ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Casablanca ⓘ
surface form: Casablanca (film)
filmGenreContext romantic drama ⓘ
war film ⓘ
filmProductionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
filmReleaseYear 1942 ⓘ
firstAppearance Casablanca ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
mission capture Victor Laszlo ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
notableAction orders the shooting at the airport ⓘ
notableCharacteristic authoritarian ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
notableFor being the main Nazi antagonist in "Casablanca" ⓘ
occupation German military officer ⓘ
opposes French Resistance ⓘ
anti-Nazi resistance ⓘ
partOf Casablanca ⓘ
surface form: Casablanca characters ensemble
portrayedBy Conrad Veidt ⓘ
portrayedByFullName Conrad Veidt ⓘ
surface form: Hans Walter Conrad Veidt
portrayedByNationality German-British ⓘ
rank Major ⓘ
roleInWork Nazi antagonist ⓘ
primary antagonist ⓘ
settingOfActivity Casablanca, French Morocco ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalEvents World War II ⓘ
yearOfFirstAppearance 1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Casablanca → character → Major Heinrich Strasser ⓘ
Rick Blaine → conflictWith → Major Heinrich Strasser ⓘ
Victor Laszlo → interactsWith → Major Heinrich Strasser ⓘ
Conrad Veidt → playedCharacter → Major Heinrich Strasser ⓘ
Victor Laszlo → threatenedBy → Major Heinrich Strasser ⓘ