Seventeen Moments of Spring - Complete Series - 6-DVD Set ( Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny ) ( 17 Moments of Spring (Seventeen Instants of Spring) )

Seventeen Moments of Spring - Complete Series - 6-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny
Alternate Title: 17 Moments of Spring (Seventeen Instants of Spring)
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
828 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
Soviet Union ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Tatyana Lioznova

Written By:
Yulian Semyonov

Actors:
Vyacheslav Tikhonov ..... Max Otto von Stierlitz (Col. Maxim Isayev) (unknown episodes)
Leonid Bronevoy ..... Heinrich Mueller (unknown episodes)
Evgeni Evstigneev ..... Professor Werner Pleischner (unknown episodes)
Mikhail Zharkovsky ..... Ernst Kaltenbrunner (unknown episodes)
Rostislav Plyatt ..... Pastor Schlag (unknown episodes)
Yekaterina Gradova ..... Kathie Kinn / ... (unknown episodes)
Oleg Tabakov ..... Walter Schellenberg (unknown episodes)
Nikolai Prokopovich ..... Heinrich Himmler (unknown episodes)
Yuri Vizbor ..... Martin Bormann (unknown episodes)
Svetlana Svetlichnaya ..... Gabi Nabel (unknown episodes)
Emiliya Milton ..... Frau Saurich (unknown episodes)
Nikolai Volkov Ml. ..... Erwin - Kathie's Husband (unknown episodes)
Lev Durov ..... Agent Klaus (unknown episodes)
Vasili Lanovoy ..... Karl Wolff (unknown episodes)
Olga Soshnikova ..... Barbara Krein (unknown episodes)
Otto Mellies ..... Helmut (unknown episodes)
Konstantin Zheldin ..... Holtoff (unknown episodes)
Nikolai Gritsenko ..... Drunk General (unknown episodes)
Leonid Kuravlyov ..... Kurt Eismann (unknown episodes)
Eleonora Shashkova ..... Isayev's wife (unknown episodes)
Lavrenti Masokha ..... Scholz (unknown episodes)
Grigori Lyampe ..... Runge (unknown episodes)
Yuri Katin-Yartsev ..... Astronomer (unknown episodes)
Andro Kobaladze ..... Josef Stalin (unknown episodes)
Pyotr Chernov ..... Vladimir Gromov (unknown episodes)
Yan Yanakiyev ..... Dolman (unknown episodes)
Vyacheslav Shalevich ..... Allen Dulles (unknown episodes)
Aleksei Ejbozhenko ..... Guesmann (unknown episodes)
Valentin Gaft ..... Gewernitz (unknown episodes)
Vladlen Davydov ..... Official (unknown episodes)
Inna Ulyanova ..... Woman with Fox (unknown episodes)
Vladimir Kenigson ..... Krause (unknown episodes)
Stanislav Korenev ..... Aide-de-camp (unknown episodes)
Yuri Sokovnin ..... Bormann's driver (unknown episodes)
Yefim Kopelyan ..... Narrator (unknown episodes)
Oleg Fyodorov ..... German soldier (unknown episodes)
Fritz Diez ..... Adolf Hitler (unknown episodes)
Vladimir Kozel ..... Cure (unknown episodes)
Vadim Lobanov ..... Insurance agent - spy (unknown episodes)
Valentin Belonogov ..... German soldier (unknown episodes)
Paul Butkevich ..... Agent (unknown episodes)
Aleksei Dobronravov ..... Security agent (unknown episodes)
Yevgeni Lazarev ..... Soviet spy (unknown episodes)
Aleksei Safonov ..... Rolf (unknown episodes)
Viktor Shcheglov ..... Insurance agent (unknown episodes)
Vladimir Smirnov ..... Landlord (unknown episodes)
Valentina Talyzina ..... Lady (unknown episodes)
Helmut Zommer ..... German soldier (unknown episodes)

Synopsis:

The most popular cult series of Soviet Union! The plot is driven by Stirlitz's attempts at thwarting negotiations between SS General Karl Wolff, representing Walter Schellenberg and Heinrich Himmler, and American intelligence operative Allen Dulles in Bern, Switzerland during the final months of World War II. Dulles, portrayed in the show as acting without the authorization of the President, is interested in reaching a peace agreement with Nazi Germany that would leave many Nazi institutions in place in order to prevent the rise of 'Bolshevism' in Western Europe. The negotiations are conducted in secret and behind the back of Hitler and, more importantly for Stirlitz, the Soviet Union. Stirlitz's position is aggravated by the fact that right from the very beginning of the series, Obergruppenführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner instructs Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller to launch an investigation of Stirlitz, having become suspicious of Stirlitz's apparent connection to the failed destruction of Krakow, the delays the German atomic research program and his almost-too-impeccable record of loyalty and devotion to Hitler, even as other German officers had begun to grumble in private about the course of the war. While Müller (Bronevoy) is initially dismissive of his boss' suspicions, he soon develops doubts of his own, and quickly turns into Stirlitz's arch-nemesis. Mikhail Zharkovsky as Ernst Kaltenbrunner Near the end of the 12-part miniseries, Stirlitz's reports on the secret talks lead Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Martin Bormann to recall Karl Wolff back to Berlin and to order his arrest upon landing. However, Wolff is saved in the nick of time when Schellenberg intervenes proceeds with his backup plan of passing the negotiations for a 'masterful misinformation of the Soviets intended to disrupt the trust between the Allied forces'.

The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his 'colleagues', top Hitler's officers Borman, Mueller, Schellenberg are beginning to suspect him. Stirlits is constantly walking on the edge between his two identities, sending information to Russia, while skillfully maintaining the appearance of loyalty to fascist regime.

The twelve-part television series about a Soviet intelligence agent who infiltrated the Nazi Secret Service has become a cult film. The film owes its astounding success to director T. Lioznova's many-year painstaking work, writer Y. Semyonov's suspense-packed plot, the brilliant performance by the actors and M. Tariverdiyev's music.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 29 November, 2010.

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