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The Shield and the Sword

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.

1968 |1 Season  | 1h 21m |  Action & Adventure, War & Politics, Drama

Cast

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Stanislav Lyubshin

Alexander Belov / Johann Weiss

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Oleg Yankovskiy

Heinrich Schwarzkopf

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Georgiy Martynyuk

Aleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen

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Alla Demidova

Angelika Bukher

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Aleksey Glazyrin

Aksel Shteynglits

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Juozas Budraitis

Ditrikh

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Algimantas Masiulis

Villi Schwarzkopf

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Creator

Vladimir Basov

Status

Ended

Languages

Russian

Network

Central Television USSR