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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.

Top Cast

  • Stanislav Lyubshin

    Stanislav Lyubshin

    Alexandr Belov / Johann Weiss

  • Oleg Yankovskiy

    Oleg Yankovskiy

    Heinrich Schwarzkopf

  • Juozas Budraitis

    Juozas Budraitis

    Dietrich

  • Aleksey Glazyrin

    Aleksey Glazyrin

    Axel Steinglitz

  • Alla Demidova

    Alla Demidova

    Angelika Bucher

  • Algimantas Masiulis

    Algimantas Masiulis

    Willy Schwarzkopf

  • Anatoliy Verbitskiy

    Anatoliy Verbitskiy

    Gerd

  • Georgiy Martynyuk

    Georgiy Martynyuk

    Aleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen

  • Valentina Titova

    Valentina Titova

    Nina

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.

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