Sergeant's backup (1)

A Nazi soldier was among the German forces stationed aboard the U-boat Wurrfler under Colonel Herman Dietrich, French archaeologist René Emile Belloq and Gestapo agent Major Arnold Ernst Toht in 1936 after the Nazis’ dig for the Ark of the Covenant at Tanis outside Cairo, Egypt. Following American archaeologist Indiana Jones and bar owner Marion Ravenwood’s interference and stealing of the Ark, the two were to be transported to England by pirates lead by Captain Simon Katanga aboard the Bantu Wind, but the Nazis apprehended them in the Aegean Sea and sent a boarding party aboard the ship, this soldier among them.

Apprehension of the Ark
In 1936, a Nazi soldier was among the German men stationed aboard the U-boat Wurrfler, serving under Colonel Herman Dietrich, French archaeologist René Emile Belloq and Gestapo agent Major Arnold Ernst Toht after the Nazis’ dig for the Ark of the Covenant at Tanis outside Cairo, Egypt. Following American archaeologist Indiana Jones and bar owner Marion Ravenwood’s interference and stealing of the Ark, the two were to be transported to England by pirates lead by Captain Simon Katanga aboard the Bantu Wind, but the Nazis apprehended them in the Aegean Sea and sent a boarding party aboard the ship, this soldier among them. The Nazis held Captain Katanga and his crew at gun-point as they searched both for the Ark and for Jones and Ravenwood. A Sergeant led this man and another below deck, where they found Marion. The other soldier stepped out of the American's room first, then this one who was holding her, then the Sergeant. Ravenwood angrily told the Sergeant not to touch her, but he ignored her and brought her to the main deck with the Ark. When Marion saw Dietrich, the woman broke free from the other soldier's grip and attempted to slap the Colonel, but was pulled back by Katanga, causing all of the pirates and soldiers to laugh. After their men returned to the main deck, Dietrich and Belloq demanded for Jones to be brought forward, and another man had the duty of telling them that they had found no trace of the American yet. Unbeknownst to them, whilst Katanga lied that he had killed Jones, the man in question was actually hiding in a funnel nearby. After taking Marion and the Ark, the Germans, including the Sergeant's backup, accompanied their superiors to Geheimhaven.

Behind the scenes
The Sergeant's backup was portrayed by an uncredited performer in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Appearances

 * Raiders of the Lost Ark