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|name = The Shield and the Sword
|name = The Shield and the Sword
|image = The Shield and the Sword Poster.jpg
|image = The Shield and the Sword Poster.jpg
|caption = ''Order: Survive'' poster
|caption = Part 2 poster
|director = [[Vladimir Basov]]
|director = [[Vladimir Basov]]
|producer = [[Mosfilm]]
|producer = [[Mosfilm]]
|writer = [[Vladimir Basov]]<br/>[[Vadim Kozhevnikov]]
|writer = [[Vladimir Basov]]<br />[[Vadim Kozhevnikov]]
|cinematography = [[Sergei Vronsky]]
|cinematography = [[Sergei Vronsky]]
|starring = [[Stanislav Lyubshin]]<br>[[Oleg Yankovsky]]<br>[[Georgy Martyniuk]]<br>[[Vladimir Basov]]<br>[[Alla Demidova]]
|starring = [[Stanislav Lyubshin]]<br />[[Oleg Yankovsky]]<br />[[Georgy Martyniuk]]<br />[[Vladimir Basov]]<br />[[Alla Demidova]]
|music = [[Veniamin Basner]]
|music = [[Veniamin Basner]]
|studio = [[Mosfilm]]
|studio = [[Mosfilm]]
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|language = Russian
|language = Russian
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'''''The Shield and the Sword''''' ({{lang-ru|Щит и меч }}) is a 1968 Soviet spy series with four parts directed by [[Vladimir Basov]].<ref name="Hake2012">{{cite book|last=Hake|first=Sabine|title=Screen Nazis: Cinema, History, and Democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lu4R9wQouSYC&pg=PA174|accessdate=20 December 2012|date=31 August 2012|publisher=University of Wisconsin Pres|isbn=978-0-299-28713-9|page=174}}</ref> It is based on a novel by [[Vadim Kozhevnikov]], who was Secretary of the [[Soviet Writers' Union]].<ref name="MarshMarsh2007">{{cite book|last=Marsh|first=Rosalind|title=Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-RJowhEAVYC&pg=PA75|accessdate=20 December 2012|year=2007|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-069-8|page=75}}</ref> It was a highly influential movie in the Soviet Union, inspiring many, [[Vladimir Putin]] for instance, to join the KGB.
'''''The Shield and the Sword''''' ({{lang-ru|Щит и меч|Shchit i metch}}) is a 1968 [[Soviet]] spy television series in four parts directed by [[Vladimir Basov]] and produced by [[Mosfilm]].<ref name="Hake2012">{{cite book|last=Hake|first=Sabine|title=Screen Nazis: Cinema, History, and Democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lu4R9wQouSYC&pg=PA174|access-date=20 December 2012|date=31 August 2012|publisher=University of Wisconsin Pres|isbn=978-0-299-28713-9|page=174}}</ref> Set during [[World War II]], it is based on a novel by [[Vadim Kozhevnikov]], who was Secretary of the [[Soviet Writers' Union]].<ref name="MarshMarsh2007">{{cite book|last=Marsh|first=Rosalind|title=Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-RJowhEAVYC&pg=PA75|access-date=20 December 2012|year=2007|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-069-8|page=75}}</ref>


The series was highly influential in the Soviet Union, inspiring many, including [[Vladimir Putin]], to join the [[KGB]].<ref name="Macintyre">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Macintyre|author-link=Ben Macintyre|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putins-spies-are-pulp-fiction-characters-7ndlk7pjl|title=Putin's spies are pulp fiction characters|work=[[The Times]]|date=29 February 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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'''Storyline:''' 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 (Lyubshin) 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.


The song ''[[What Does Motherland Begin With?]]'' (''[[:ru:С чего начинается Родина|С чего начинается Родина]]''), sung by [[Mark Bernes]], that was main musical theme of each film in the series, became well known in the USSR.
The song ''[[What Does Motherland Begin With]]'' (''[[:ru:С чего начинается Родина|С чего начинается Родина]]''), sung by [[Mark Bernes]], that was main musical theme of each film in the series, became well known in the USSR.


==Parts==
==Parts==
* Part 1. No Right To Be Themselves (Без права быть собой)
* Part 1. No Right To Be Themselves (Без права быть собой)
* Part 2. Order: Survive (Приказано выжить)
* Part 2. The Order is: Survive (Приказано выжить)
* Part 3. Without Appeal (Обжалованию не подлежит)
* Part 3. Without Appeal (Обжалованию не подлежит)
* Part 4. The Last Frontier (Последний рубеж)
* Part 4. The Last Frontier (Последний рубеж)

==Plot==
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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 [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|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 [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] to ascend the ladder of the [[Abwehr]] and then in the [[Sicherheitsdienst|SD]]. He uses his position to identify sympathetic Germans, who help him to procure vital intelligence, and to help local [[Resistance during World War II|resistance movements]] in their collective fight against Nazism.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Lev Polyakov]] as Gerlach
* [[Lev Polyakov]] as Gerlach
* [[Nikolay Grabbe]] as Deaf-mute Man
* [[Nikolay Grabbe]] as Deaf-mute Man
* [[Yelena Dobronravova]] as Deaf-mute Woman
* [[Yelena Dobronravova]] as [[Deaf-mute]] Woman
* [[Vatslav Dvorzhetsky]] as Lansdorf
* [[Vatslav Dvorzhetsky]] as Lansdorf
* [[Anatoly Kubatsky]] as Franz
* [[Anatoly Kubatsky]] as Franz
* [[Nikolay Prokopovich]] as Schulz
* [[Nikolay Prokopovich]] as Schulz
* [[Kristina Lazar]] as Brigitte
*[[Christine Laszar|Kristina Lazar]] as Brigitte
* [[Valentin Smirnitsky]] as Andrey Basalyga («Faza»)
* [[Valentin Smirnitsky]] as Andrey Basalyga / «Faza»
* Igor Bezyayev as «Rabbit»
* Igor Bezyayev as «Rabbit»
* [[Vsevolod Safonov]] as «Nail»
* [[Vsevolod Safonov]] as «Nail»
* Vladimir Marenkov as «Ace»
* Vladimir Marenkov as «Ace»
* German Kachin as «Cartilage»
* German Kachin as «Cartilage»
* [[Igor Yasulovich]] as «Goga»
* [[Igor Yasulovich]] as «Goga»
* [[Radner Muratov]] as «Shaman»
* [[Radner Muratov]] as «Shaman»
* Konstantin Tyrtov as «Tit»
* Konstantin Tyrtov as «Tit»
* [[Sergey Plotnikov]] as General Baryshev
* [[Sergey Plotnikov]] as General Baryshev
* [[Inga Budkevich]] as Inga
* [[Inga Budkevich]] as Inga
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* [[Vyacheslav Dugin]] as [[Heinrich Himmler|Himmler]]
* [[Vyacheslav Dugin]] as [[Heinrich Himmler|Himmler]]
* Mikhail Sidorkin as [[Hermann Göring|Göring]]
* Mikhail Sidorkin as [[Hermann Göring|Göring]]

== See also ==
* [[Seventeen Moments of Spring]], a 1973 Soviet 12 part television series that portrays the exploits of a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany.


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0166790|title=The Shield and the Sword}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0166790|title=The Shield and the Sword}}
* {{youtube|3g_7eDAsj2o|Part 1. No Right To Be Themselves}} with English subtitles
* [http://www.rarewarfilms.com/the-shield-and-the-sword.html The Shield and the Sword on DVD for sale through Rare War Films]
* {{youtube|FcLeohxgUBU|Part 2. The Order is: Survive}} with English subtitles
* {{youtube|sFs6n8Y_nEs|Scene from ''No Right To Be Themselves'': Bruno's death. Mark Bernes sings ''What Does Motherland Begin With?''}}
* {{youtube|e1k0_p1TXW8|Part 3. Without Appeal}} with English subtitles
* {{youtube|eeW0crRopmE|Final scene. Weiss-Belov meets his mother in Soviet hospital in May, 1945}}
* {{youtube|UlF7M4VPK0o|Part 4. The Last Frontier}} with English subtitles

{{Vladimir Basov}}


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Latest revision as of 09:52, 10 September 2024

The Shield and the Sword
Part 2 poster
Directed byVladimir Basov
Written byVladimir Basov
Vadim Kozhevnikov
Produced byMosfilm
StarringStanislav Lyubshin
Oleg Yankovsky
Georgy Martyniuk
Vladimir Basov
Alla Demidova
CinematographySergei Vronsky
Music byVeniamin Basner
Production
company
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
325 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Shield and the Sword (Russian: Щит и меч, romanized: Shchit i metch) is a 1968 Soviet spy television series in four parts directed by Vladimir Basov and produced by Mosfilm.[1] Set during World War II, it is based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union.[2]

The series was highly influential in the Soviet Union, inspiring many, including Vladimir Putin, to join the KGB.[3]

The song What Does Motherland Begin With (С чего начинается Родина), sung by Mark Bernes, that was main musical theme of each film in the series, became well known in the USSR.

Parts

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  • Part 1. No Right To Be Themselves (Без права быть собой)
  • Part 2. The Order is: Survive (Приказано выжить)
  • Part 3. Without Appeal (Обжалованию не подлежит)
  • Part 4. The Last Frontier (Последний рубеж)

Plot

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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.

Cast

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See also

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  • Seventeen Moments of Spring, a 1973 Soviet 12 part television series that portrays the exploits of a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Macintyre, Ben (29 February 2020). "Putin's spies are pulp fiction characters". The Times.
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