shield and sword
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German title | Shield and sword, title of the episodes: 1. Without the right to yourself, 2. Order is: persevere! 3. No appeal, 4. In the last hour |
Original title | Щит и меч (Schtschit i Metsch) |
Country of production | Soviet Union , Poland , German Democratic Republic |
original language | Russian |
Publishing year | 1968 |
length | 344 minutes |
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Director | Vladimir Basov |
script | Wladmir Bassow, Vadim Koschewnikow |
production | Mosfilm |
music | Mark Naumowitsch Bernes , title melody With What Home Begins , played by the Russian State Film Orchestra |
camera | Timofei Lebeschew |
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Schild und Schwert ( Russian Щит и меч , German transcription Schtschit i metsch ) is a Soviet - Polish - East German feature film from 1968 in four parts, which takes place during World War II among Soviet scouts who were smuggled into the German defenses . It is based on the novel of the same name by Wadim Koschewnikow , which was published in German in 1969 in the GDR under the title Im Labyrinth der Abwehr as part of the series Excitingly told . The film was u. a. filmed in Lithuania , Kaliningrad , Dresden and Berlin . It was first broadcast in Germany on June 27, 1969 on DFF 1 .
Further technical data
action
The Soviet scout Alexander Below entered the German Reich in 1940 from Riga under the legend Johann Weiss . His German friend Heinrich Schwarzkopf helps him with this. After joining the Wehrmacht , they succeeded in penetrating the leadership circles of the Abwehr and becoming members of the SD by 1944 . This gives them important information for the warfare of the Soviet Union in 1944.
Trivia
- The recordings for the New Reich Chancellery were shot in the building of the former Reich Aviation Ministry .
- The figure of Alexander Below is supposedly based on the Soviet enlightener Alexander Swjatogorow (1913-2008).
- The film is considered to be a key motive for Vladimir Putin to join the KGB .
Lore
The film is edited in Russian on DVD . It is currently not known whether and where the German dubbed version was archived. Contrary to previous assumptions, it is not recorded in the Potsdam radio archive.
Web links
- Shield and sword in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Shield and sword in the lexicon of international films
- Complete original version on YouTube
- Title melody with montages from the film on YouTube
- Yevgenia Albats: shield and sword. Berliner Zeitung from March 25, 2000
- Cast of shield and sword on kino-teatr.ru (Russian)