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.
- Title: The Shield and the Sword
- Year: 1968
- Genre: Action & Adventure, War & Politics, Drama
- Country: Poland, East Germany, Soviet Union
- Studio: Central Television USSR
- Director: Vladimir Basov, Vadim Kozhevnikov
- Cast: Stanislav Lyubshin, Oleg Yankovskiy, Georgiy Martynyuk, Alla Demidova, Aleksey Glazyrin, Juozas Budraitis
- Crew: Vladimir Basov (Screenplay), Valentin Perelyotov (Costume Design), Vadim Kozhevnikov (Screenplay), Mariya Sergeyeva (Editor), Timofei Lebeshev (Camera Operator), Aleksei Parkhomenko (Production Design)
- Keyword: based on novel or book, world war ii, secret agent, third reich (iii reich 1933-45), recruitment, nazism, internment camp, soviet spy, intelligence assessment
- Runtime: 81 minutes
- IMDb: 6.80 / 10 by 17 users
- Popularity: 13.653
- First Air Date: Aug 19, 1968
- Last Air date: Sep 03, 1968
- Season: 1 Season
- Episode: 4 Episode
- Language: Russian
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