The Shield and the Sword (1968)
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.
Director:
Vladimir Basov
Writers:
Vadim Kozhevnikov, Vladimir Basov.
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Stanislav Lyubshin as Alexandr Belov / Johann Weiss |
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Oleg Yankovskiy as Heinrich Schwarzkopf |
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Juozas Budraitis as Dietrich |
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Aleksey Glazyrin as Axel Steinglitz |
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Alla Demidova as Angelika Bucher |
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Algimantas Masiulis as Willy Schwarzkopf |
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Anatoliy Verbitskiy as Gerd |
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Georgiy Martynyuk as Aleksey Zubov / Alois Hagen |
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Valentina Titova as Nina |
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Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Landsdorf ist Abwehrmitarbeiter |
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Christine Laszar as Brigitte |
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Wojciech Duryasz as Jerzy Czyzewski |
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Kurt Müller-Reitzner as Karl Kunert |
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Jürgen Frohriep as Jürgen Hönig |
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Szilárd Bánki as Janos Molnar |
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Zarko Prebil as Mladen Milenkovic |
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Vladimír Brabec as Jaromir Drobny |
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Yuriy Yakovlev as Franta Jurasek |
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Helga Göring as frau Ditmar |
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Nikolay Zasukhin as Oscar Papke |
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Mikhail Pogorzhelsky as Von Salz |
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Lev Polyakov as Gerlach |
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Anatoliy Kubatskiy as Franz |
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Horst Preusker as Stutthof |
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Vladimir Balashov as Walter Sonnenberg |
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Vyacheslav Dugin as Reichsführer |
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Vladimir Osenev as Führer |
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Vladimir Gorelov as Göbbels |
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Mikhail Sidorkin as Göring |
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Pyotr Beryozov as RSHA Officer |
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Viktor Rozhdestvenskiy as Von Zubov's assistant |
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Lyudmila Chursina as fräulein-gefreiter |
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Sofya Fadeyeva as frau Bucher |
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Ernst-Georg Schwill as Gustav |
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Otmar Richter as Kurt |
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Yelena Dobronravova as die frau ist taubstumm |
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Nikolay Grabbe as der mann ist taubstumm |
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Vladimir Basov as Bruno |
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Sergey Borisov as Vater des fräulein-gefreiten |
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Alfreds Videnieks as ermittler in Riga |
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Taisiya Dodina as Eva |
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Eduard Izotov as agent |
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Vitaliy Konyaev as Paul |
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Ansis Kreicbergs as ermittler in Riga |
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Yuri Medvedev as beamter beim Arbeitsamt |
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Natalya Velichko as Elsa |
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Vsevolod Safonov as «Gvozd'» - kadett der Abwehrschule |
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Valentin Smirnitskiy as «Faza» - kadett der Abwehrschule |
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Vladimir Marenkov as «Tuz» - kadett der Abwehrschule |
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Igor Yasulovich as «Goga» - kadett der Abwehrschule |
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Sergey Papov as gefangener Sowjetischer offizier |
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Szczepan Baczyński as Polonsky - kellner in einem casino |
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Pauls Melducis as |
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F. Menza as |
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Georgiy Petrovskiy as Herbert |
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Nikolai Prokopovich as Schultz - garagendirektor |
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Manfred Gericke as |
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Nadezhda Samsonova as frau Wilma |
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Mikhail Selyutin as agent |
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N. Semyonov as |
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Petras Steponavicius as |
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Mili Taut-Korso as dienstmädchen im haus Schwarzkopf |
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Arnis Tobis as |
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Yuri Chekulayev as hundetrainer |
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Willi Schlösser as |
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Zhanna Aleksandrova as mädchen - gefangener |
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Viktor Zadubrovsky as mann am bahnhof |
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Joachim Tomaschewsky as kellner |
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Heinz Braun as deutscher gefreiter im speisesaal |
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Anna Frolovtseva as deutsches mädchen |
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Konstantin Tyrtov as «Sinitsa» - kadett der Abwehrschule |
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Igor Bezyaev as «Krolik» - köder in einem kriegsgefangenenlager |
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Nikolay Penkov as Hacke - ausbilder an der Abwehrschule |
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Nina Agapova as Zelenko-Aufbaum - kapitan der mädchenschule der Abwehr |
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Dmitriy Masanov as Sorokin - oberst der mädchenschule der Abwehr |
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Vasili Ordynsky as «Politruk» |
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Olga Zhizneva as Freifrau |
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Boris Lifanov as von Rüge |
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Jerzy Bińczycki as deutscher soldaten-fahrer |
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Fritz Bogdon as |
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Inga Budkevich as Inga Rotmirova - «Nyurka» |
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Klaus Gehrke as stellvertretender Gefängniskommandant |
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German Kachin as «Khryashch» - kadett der Abwehrschule |
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Iosif Libgott as |
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Radner Muratov as «Shaman» - kadett der Abwehrschule |
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Pyotr Repnin as restaurantinhaber |
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Jerzy Fedorowicz as Spezialist für die auswahl von konzentrationslagern |
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Edgar Khodzhikyan as «Charlie Chaplin» - entertainer im casino |
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Jerzy Sztwiertnia as |
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Valeriy Prokhorov as offizier aus Heinrichs gefolge |
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Uldis Dumpis as fliegerass der Luftwaffe |
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Yevgeniy Markov as Herr am empfang |
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Nina Krachkovskaya as kadettmädchen |
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Larisa Blinova as kadettmädchen |
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Galina Komarova as «Shtyr'» - kadettmädchen |
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Miervaldis Ozolins as «Englischer» - entertainer im casino |
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Viktor Murganov as offizier aus Heinrichs gefolge |
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Vilnis Bekeris as offizier aus Heinrichs gefolge |
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Konstantin Severnyy as restaurantbesucher |
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Georgi Rybakov as Doktor |
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Aino Pihlamagi as Ein vorbeigehendes mädchen |
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Anatoliy Sakhnovskiy as «Amerikanisch» - entertainer im casino |
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Luidmila Tsvetkova as kadettmädchen |
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Leonid Yukhin as häftling im konzentrationslager |
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Viktor Shulgin as Gestapomann im konzentrationslager |
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Ralph Boettner as mann der Gestapo |
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Vyacheslav Gostinsky as kommandant eines Kinderkonzentrationslagers |
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Jochen Diestelmann as mann der Gestapo |
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Yevgeni Zhukov as arztassistentin |
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Nikolay Shishov as |
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Sergei Yakovlev as deutscher doktor |
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Aleksey Vanin as sanitäter |
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Aleksandr Yuryev as kellner mann |
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Viktor Volkov as kriegsgefangener der trümmer beseitigt |
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Cheslav Sushkevich as chauffeur in der abteilung Sonnenberg |
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A. Vladimirov as deutscher offizier |
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Sergei Plotnikov as Baryschew - sowjetischer general |
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Maria Pastukhova as Sowjetischer militärischer arzt |
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Gavriil Egiazarov as Sowjetischer luftlandekommandeur |
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Valentina Ananina as krankenschwester in einem sowjetkrankenhaus |
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Erhard Bittner as |
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Helfried Winzer as |
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Jerzy Nowak as |
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Ian Marr as |
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Włodzimierz Saar as |
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Aleksandr Fridental as arzt in einem sowjetkrankenhaus |
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Anatoli Chemodurov as kapitän - leiter von SMERSH |
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Andrzej Szajewski as |
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Georgiy Rumyantsev as deutscher offizier |
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Lev Lobov as |
| Directing | Vladimir Basov | Director |
| Sound | Venyamin Basner | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Vadim Kozhevnikov | Novel |
| Writing | Vadim Kozhevnikov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vladimir Basov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nina Skuybina | Script Editor |
| Writing | Mikhail Matusovsky | Lyricist |
| Art | Aleksei Parkhomenko | Production Design |
| Art | Natalya Parkhomenko | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Ekaterina Vladimirova | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Timofei Lebeshev | Director of Photography |
| Camera | V. Manokhin | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Viktor Chemendryakov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Pavel Lebeshev | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pyotr Kuznetsov | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Nikolay Zvonaryov | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Boris Pluzhnikov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Ulf Bergstrem | VFX Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentin Perelyotov | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Prigozhina | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vitaliy Lvov | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Boris Solovov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | D. Tarasov | Military Consultant |
| Directing | Natalia Terpsikhorova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Churinov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dzhanet Tambieva | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Lyudmila Badorina | Editor |
| Editing | Mariya Sergeyeva | Editor |
| Production | Sergey Marin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Viktor Tsirul | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Mark Bernes | Songs |
| Sound | Pavel Kravetskiy | Songs |
| Sound | Grigori Korenblyum | Sound Director |