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The Shield and the Sword
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The Shield and the Sword

1968-08-19 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated

Action · Adventure · War

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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Directors
Vladimir Basov
Production companies
Mosfilm, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Zespół Filmowy "Start"
Countries
Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Stanislav LyubshinStanislav LyubshinAlexandr Belov / Johann Weiss
Oleg YankovskyOleg YankovskyHeinrich Schwarzkopf
Juozas BudraitisJuozas BudraitisDietrich
Aleksey GlazyrinAleksey GlazyrinAxel Steinglitz
Alla DemidovaAlla DemidovaAngelika Bucher
Algimantas MasiulisAlgimantas MasiulisWilly Schwarzkopf
Anatoliy VerbitskiyAnatoliy VerbitskiyGerd
Georgiy MartynyukGeorgiy MartynyukAleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen
Valentina TitovaValentina TitovaNina
Vatslav DvorzhetskyVatslav DvorzhetskyLandsdorf ist Abwehrmitarbeiter
Christine LaszarChristine LaszarBrigitte
Wojciech DuryaszWojciech DuryaszJerzy Czyzewski
Kurt Müller-ReitznerKurt Müller-ReitznerKarl Kunert
Jürgen FrohriepJürgen FrohriepJürgen Hönig
Szilárd BánkiSzilárd BánkiJanos Molnar
Zarko PrebilZarko PrebilMladen Milenkovic
Vladimír BrabecVladimír BrabecJaromir Drobny
Yuriy YakovlevYuriy YakovlevFranta Jurasek
Helga GöringHelga Göringfrau Ditmar
Nikolay ZasukhinNikolay ZasukhinOscar Papke

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