The Shield and the Sword (Film Series 1968-ENG SUB) | No Right To Be Themselves (Part 1)

The Shield and the Sword (Russian: Щит и меч, romanized: Shchit i metch) is a 1968 Soviet spy series in four parts directed by Vladimir Basov. Audio in Russian with English subtitles (click on CC).

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It is based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union. The title refers to the emblem of the Soviet NKVD; the story involves a spy who infiltrates the German SS during World War II.

Plot Summary: The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military power, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. The Soviet 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 (Lyubshin) is a Soviet spy, who travels from Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic to Nazi Germany under an alias of Volksdeutsche 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 Abwehr and then in the SD. 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.

Director: Vladimir Basov
Screenwriters: Vladimir Basov , Vadim Kozhevnikov
Composer: Veniamin Basner
Cinematographer : Timofey Lebeshev

Cast & Characters:
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
Anatoly 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
Vladimír Brabec as Jaromir Drobny
Vladimir Osenev as Hitler
Vyacheslav Dugin as Himmler
Mikhail Sidorkin as Göring