Seconds decide

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Television series
German title Seconds decide
Original title Stawka większa niż życie
Country of production Poland
original language Polish
Year (s) 1967-1968
length 55 minutes
Episodes 17 (on GDR television, in Polish 18)
genre War Movie
production Zespół Filmowy "Syrena"
music Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
First broadcast October 10, 1968 on Telewizja Polska
German-language
first broadcast		 February 13, 1969 on DFF
occupation
Figure of Hans Kloss in the Hans Kloss Museum in Katowice

Seconds decide (original title: Stawka większa niż życie - about The stake is higher than your (own) life ) is a Polish television series .

action

The focus of this series is the Polish agent Stanisław Kolicki, who took the place of his doppelganger Oberleutnant Hans Kloss in the ranks of the German defense during World War II . While constantly under threat of exposure, he gathers vital information about the enemy's intentions under the pseudonym J-23 .

Others

In episode 13 of the series Four Tank Soldiers and a Dog , the heroes get a vital tip from J-23. Two Polish series were linked here . However, this role was not played by Stanisław Mikulski in Four Tank Soldiers and a Dog .

Episodes

  • Episode 1 - I know who you are
  • Episode 2 - Hotel Excelsior
  • Episode 3 - Top Secret
  • Episode 4 - Café Rose
  • Episode 5 - The Last Chance
  • Episode 6 - The Iron Cross
  • Episode 7 - Double the Risk
  • Episode 8 - Daring Game
  • Episode 9 - A daring plan
  • Episode 10 - Treason *
  • Episode 11 - Password
  • Episode 12 - Triple somersault
  • Episode 13 - Without instructions
  • Episode 14 - Edith
  • Episode 15 - We come full circle
  • Episode 16 - Action oak leaf
  • Episode 17 - Secret at the Lake
  • Episode 18 - Group leader Wolf is wanted

occupation

literature

  • Ingo Loose: Hans Kloss a "red James Bond"? Germans, Poles and the Second World War decide in the cult series Seconds , in: Konrad Klejsa / Schamma Schahadat (ed.), Germany and Poland. Cinematic borders and neighborhoods. Marburg 2011 [Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung, Vol. 17], pp. 44–60, ISBN 978-3-89472-569-3 .
  • Bogdan Bernacki: Stawka większa niż życie. Serial wszech czasów. Warszawa 2003, ISBN 83-7350-016-2 .

Web links

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