Morzeny

Morzeny
Character information
Died	c.1963, moored in Venice, Italy
Hair	Black, receding
Eyes	Brown
Dist. Features	Thin horizontal facial scar on left cheek
Occupation	Criminal operative Trainer Executioner
Affiliation	SPECTRE
Status	Deceased; burnt to death
Behind the scenes
Role	Henchman
Portrayed by	Walter Gotell
First seen	From Russia with Love (film)
Last seen	From Russia with Love (film)

"Exactly one minute, fifty-two seconds. That's excellent."

― Morzeny to Red Grant

Morzeny was the director of the training centre of the international terrorist organisation SPECTRE and a major antagonist of the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love. Portrayed by the late German actor Walter Gotell, the character was created specially for the film and he does not appear in the novel or in the video game.

Biography

Background

Morzeny is the director of the training establishment of the SPECTRE. His role is to train newcoming criminals.

From Russia with Love (film)

Morzeny first appears on SPECTRE island early in the film, before the opening credits, as the coordinator of the training centre of SPECTRE, which marks the time that the assassin Red Grant took to kill a student who wore a mask of James Bond, making clear Grant trained to run the English spy in a future meeting.

Morzeny and his assistant Rhoda ran Ernst Stavro Blofeld's training grounds on the island and guided SPECTRE Number 3, Rosa Klebb there where she first inspected, and was present when Klebb then recruited Red Grant.

Later in the film, Morzeny attends a meeting with Blofeld on board his ship moored in Venice, alongside Klebb and Tov Kronsteen when Blofeld informs them that Red Grant was unable to retrieve the Lektor from Bond. Blofeld has Morzeny execute Kronsteen for devising a failed plan, which he gladly does using the poison-tipped shoe blade that Klebb would later use herself.

Morzeny and a flotilla of SPECTRE henchmen later pursue Bond and Tatiana Romanova on boats in Russia after they escape the Orient Express. After a deadly boat chase, Bond blows up some fuel tanks he drops into the water with a Flare Gun. This causes all of the enemy boats blow up, as Morzeny desperately attempting to escape the flames, but ending up burning to death and falling into the water.

Henchmen

Rhoda

Red Grant

Behind the Scenes

Walter Gotell, who played Morzeny, also later portrayed General Anatol Gogol, head of the KGB from 1977 to 1987, during the Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton years.

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