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The Shield and the Sword

The Shield and the Sword

19686.61 Season4 EpisodesEnded

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.

Created by Vladimir Basov
Written by Vladimir Basov, Vadim Kozhevnikov, Mikhail Matusovsky
NetworksCentral Television USSR

Top Cast

Stanislav Lyubshin

Stanislav Lyubshin

Alexandr Belov/Johann Weiss

Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy

Heinrich Schwarzkopf

Juozas Budraitis

Juozas Budraitis

Dietrich - kapitän/major der Abwehr

Aleksey Glazyrin

Aleksey Glazyrin

Axel Steinglitz

Alla Demidova

Alla Demidova

Angelika Bucher

Algimantas Masiulis

Algimantas Masiulis

Willy Schwarzkopf

Anatoliy Verbitskiy

Anatoliy Verbitskiy

Gerd - leiter der Abwehrschule

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookworld war iisecret agentthird reich (iii reich 1933-45)recruitmentnazisminternment campsoviet spyintelligence assessment

About The Shield and the Sword

The Shield and the Sword is a action & adventure, war & politics, drama series that first aired in 1968 exploring themes of based on novel or book, world war ii, secret agent, third reich (iii reich 1933-45), recruitment, nazism. Created by Vladimir Basov, it stars Stanislav Lyubshin, Oleg Yankovskiy, Juozas Budraitis. 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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