The Shield and the Sword (1968)
Plot.
The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. The Russian military command suspects hostile intent from Germany and so arranges for its spies to infiltrate ranks of the German military and the SS.
Alexander Belov is a Russian spy, who travels from Soviet-held Latvia to Nazi Germany under an alias of Johann Weiss. His mastery of the German language, steel nerves and an ability to manipulate others help him to use his connections in the SS to ascend the ladder of the German intelligence.
He uses his position to identify sympathetic Germans, who help him to procure vital intelligence, and to help local resistance movements in their collective fight against Nazism.
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Cast & Crew.
Stanislav Lyubshin
Alexander Belov / Johann Weiss
Oleg Yankovskiy
Heinrich Schwarzkopf
Alla Demidova
Angelika Bukher
Aleksey Glazyrin
Aksel Shteynglits
Juozas Budraitis
Ditrikh
Algimantas Masiulis
Villi Schwarzkopf
Vadim Kozhevnikov
Creator / Novel / Screenplay / Screenplay / Novel
Lyudmila Badorina
Editor
Lyudmila Tsvetkova
Kursantka
Aleksei Parkhomenko
Production Design
Viktor Zadubrovsky
(1968)
Valentin Perelyotov
Costume Design
Timofei Lebeshev
Camera Operator
Mariya Sergeyeva
Editor
Venyamin Basner
Original Music Composer
Georgiy Martynyuk
Aleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen / Aleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen / Aloiz Khagen / Aleksey Zubov
Lyudmila Chursina
Froilyain-yefreitor
Helga Göring
Frau Ditmar
Nikolay Zasukhin
Oskar Papke
Mikhail Pogorzhelsky
Fon Zalts
Sofya Fadeyeva
frau Byukher
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Gustav
Otmar Richter
Kurt
Nikolay Grabbe
glukhonemoy
Vladimir Basov
Creator / Screenplay / Director / Bruno
Valentina Titova
Nina (kursantka 'Spitsa')
Natalya Velichko
Elza
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
Lansdorf (sotrudnik abvera)
Vsevolod Safonov
'Gvozd' (kursant shkoly abvera)
Christine Laszar
Brigitta
Valentin Smirnitskiy
Andrey Basalyga ('Faza' kursant shkoly abvera)
Vladimir Marenkov
'Tuz' (kursant shkoly abvera)
Igor Yasulovich
'Goga' (kursant shkoly abvera)
Sergey Papov
plennyi sovetskiy ofitser
Wojciech Duryasz
Yezhi Chizhevski (polyak, chlen boyevoy gruppy)
Szczepan Baczyński
Polonskiy
Kurt Müller-Reitzner
Karl Kunert (nemets, chlen boyevoy gruppy)
Jürgen Frohriep
Yurgen Khenig (nemets, chlen boyevoy gruppy)
Yelena Dobronravova
glukhonemaya s sobachkoi
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 19, 1968
Original NameЩит и меч
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time1h 21m
Filming LocationsRiga, Latvia
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
world war ii
based on novel or book
nazism
secret agent
third reich
recruitment
internment camp
soviet spy
intelligence assessment
Miniseries
Wiki.
The Shield and the Sword (Russian: Щит и меч, romanized: Shchit i metch) is a 1968 Soviet spy series in four parts directed by Vladimir Basov. It is based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union. It was highly influential in the Soviet Union, inspiring many, including Vladimir Putin, to join the KGB.The song What Does Motherland Begin With (С чего начинается Родина), sung by Mark Bernes, that was main musical theme of each film in the series, became well known in the USSR.
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