The Shield and the Sword (film)
| The Shield and the Sword | |
|---|---|
 Order: Survive poster | |
| Directed by |
Vladimir Basov Vadim Kozhevnikov |
| Produced by | Mosfilm |
| Written by | Vladimir Basov |
| Starring |
Stanislav Lyubshin Oleg Yankovsky Georgy Martyniuk Alla Demidova |
| Music by | Veniamin Basner |
| Cinematography | Sergei Vronsky |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 325 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Shield and the Sword (Russian: Щит и меч ) is a 1968 Soviet spy series with four parts directed by Vladimir Basov.[1] It is based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union.[2]
The song What Does Motherland Begin With? (С чего начинается Родина), sung by Mark Bernes, that was performed at the beginning and at the end of each film in the series, became well known in the USSR.
Parts
- Part 1. No Right To Be Themselves (Без права быть собой)
- Part 2. Order: Survive (Приказано выжить)
- Part 3. Without Appeal (Обжалованию не подлежит)
- Part 4. The Last Frontier (Последний рубеж)
Cast
- Stanislav Lyubshin as Alexander Belov / Johann Weiss
- Oleg Yankovsky as Heinrich Schwarzkopf
- Georgy Martyniuk as Aleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen
- Vladimir Basov as Bruno
- Alla Demidova as Angelika Buecher
- Juozas Budraitis as Dietrich
- Aleksey Glazyrin as Steinglitz
- Valentina Titova as Nina
- Natalia Velichko as Elsa
- Vladimir Balashov as Sonnenberg
- Algimantas Masiulis as Willi Schwarzkopf
- Nikolai Zasukhin as Papke
- Lev Polyakov as Gerlach
- Nikolay Grabbe as Deaf-mute Man
- Yelena Dobronravova as Deaf-mute Woman
- Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Lansdorf
- Anatoliy Kubatsky as Franz
- Nikolay Prokopovich as Schulz
- Kristina Lazar as Brigitte
- Valentin Smirnitsky as Andrey Basalyga («Faza»)
- Igor Bezyayev as «Rabbit»
- Vsevolod Safonov as «Nail»
- Vladimir Marenkov as «Ace»
- German Kachin as «Cartilage»
- Igor Yasulovich as «Goga»
- Radner Muratov as «Shaman»
- Konstantin Tyrtov as «Tit»
- Sergey Plotnikov as General Baryshev
- Inga Budkevich as Inga
- Uldis Dumpis as Luftwaffe Ace
- Helga Göring as Frau Dietmar
- Horst Preusker as Prof. Stutthoff
- Wojcech Duriasz as Jerzy Czyzewski
- Kurt-Mueller Reizner as Karl Kunert
- Silard Banki as Janos Molnar
- Vladimir Brabec as Jaromir Drobny
- Vladimir Osenev as Hitler
- Vyacheslav Dugin as Himmler
- Mikhail Sidorkin as Göring
References
- ↑ Hake, Sabine (31 August 2012). Screen Nazis: Cinema, History, and Democracy. University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-299-28713-9. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ Marsh, Rosalind (2007). Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2006. Peter Lang. p. 75. ISBN 978-3-03911-069-8. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
External links
- The Shield and the Sword at the Internet Movie Database
- Final scene. Weiss-Belov meets his mother in Soviet hospital in May, 1945 on YouTube
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