The Shield and the Sword (1968)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1968-08-19
Director: Vladimir Basov
Top Cast
- Stanislav Lyubshin as Alexandr Belov / Johann Weiss
- Oleg Yankovskiy as Heinrich Schwarzkopf
- Juozas Budraitis as Dietrich
- Aleksey Glazyrin as Axel Steinglitz
- Alla Demidova as Angelika Bucher
- Algimantas Masiulis as Willy Schwarzkopf
- Anatoliy Verbitskiy as Gerd
- Georgiy Martynyuk as Aleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen
- Valentina Titova as Nina
- Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Landsdorf ist Abwehrmitarbeiter
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