Mohler

Werhmacht Hauptmann Mohler was a Nazi military officer stationed at Geheimhaven.

Biography
In 1936, Captain Mohler was the ranking officer at the Nazi island base Geheimhaven near Crete. After the Ark of the Covenant had been captured on board the Wurrfler, Mohler was contacted via radio by René Belloq who instructed him to set up the Tabernacle for a ceremony to open the Ark. He and Belloq had made a deal whereby Mohler would arrange the Jewish ceremony, in return for Belloq speaking favorably of him once back in Berlin. The captain met Belloq and Colonel Dietrich at the base when they arrived, then walked with them, Toht, the captive Marion Ravenwood and several soldiers to the Tabernacle.

Behind the scenes

 * The role of Mohler, credited as Tall Captain, was played by Tony Vogel in Raiders of the Lost Ark.


 * Despite being seen in the procession heading through the canyon, he isn't visible in the crowd of Nazis at the Tabernacle. However, the novelization implies he does die when the Ark is opened, by having him present at the scene, and the comic book more explicitly shows or at least implies his demise, by having him (or an officer meant to be him) subdue Jones at the Tabernacle, and thus be present when the Ark is opened.


 * In the script he is killed by being shot during Indy's escape, which does not occur in the final film.

Appearances

 * Raiders of the Lost Ark novel
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark comic