The Shield and the Sword (1968)

08/19/1968 (PL) • 1h 20m

Action & Adventure, War & Politics, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Stanislav Lyubshin

Alexandr Belov/Johann Weiss

4 Episodes

Oleg Yankovskiy

Heinrich Schwarzkopf

4 Episodes

Juozas Budraitis

Dietrich - kapitän/major der Abwehr

4 Episodes

Aleksey Glazyrin

Axel Steinglitz

4 Episodes

Alla Demidova

Angelika Bucher

4 Episodes

Algimantas Masiulis

Willy Schwarzkopf

4 Episodes

Anatoliy Verbitskiy

Gerd - leiter der Abwehrschule

4 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1968 | 4 Episodes

Season 1 of The Shield and the Sword premiered on August 19, 1968.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Russian

Keywords

based on novel or book

world war ii

secret agent

third reich (iii reich 1933-45)

recruitment

nazism

internment camp

soviet spy

intelligence assessment

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