Private Schulz (1981)
Synopsis
Private Schulz is a six-part 1981 television comedy-drama serial written by Jack Pulman and produced for BBC Two. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role, with Ian Richardson, Tony Caunter, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Murray, and Mark Wingett. Set primarily in Germany, during and immediately following World War II, fraudster and petty criminal Gerhard Schulz is forced to serve in the SS. In a story based on the real, though unrealised, plot by the Germans known as Operation Bernhard, Schulz tricks the Nazis into making counterfeit British £5 notes, millions of which will be used to destroy the British economy.
First Air Date: 1981-05-06
Last Air Date: 1981-06-10
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Created By: Jack Pulman
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Michael Elphick as Gerhard Schulz
- Ian Richardson as Major Neuheim
- Cyril Shaps as Solly
- Ronald Baddiley as British Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
- Billie Whitelaw as Bertha Freyer
- Terence Suffolk as Willy Schumacher
- Walter Sparrow as Becker
- Clive Merrison as Radio Announcer (voice)
- John Shrapnel as German Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
- David Swift as Professor Bodelschwingh
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Ep. 1: Private Schulz and Operation Bernard
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