The Shield and the Sword (1968)
The Shield and the Sword (1968)
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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 / Screenplay / Novel / Screenplay / Novel

Timofei Lebeshev
Camera Operator

Lyudmila Badorina
Editor

Lyudmila Tsvetkova
Kursantka

Mariya Sergeyeva
Editor

Viktor Zadubrovsky
(1968)

Aleksei Parkhomenko
Production Design

Valentin Perelyotov
Costume Design

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 / Director / Screenplay / 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.
based on novel or book
world war ii
secret agent
third reich
recruitment
nazism
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 television series in four parts directed by Vladimir Basov and produced by Mosfilm. Set during World War II, it is based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union.
The series 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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