Underplayed Gems

The Adjutant of His Excellency (1970)

The Adjutant of His Excellency poster
Original title
Адъютант его превосходительства
Directed by
Evgeniy Tashkov
Genre
drama television series, romance television series, war television series, adventure television series
Country
Soviet Union
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rated
16+
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Soviet secret police agent poses as an adjutant to a White Army general during the Russian Civil War. He gathers intelligence while navigating dangerous loyalties and deception.

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What happens

The Adjutant of His Excellency (Russian: Адъютант его превосходительства, romanized: Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva) is a Soviet television mini-series which was produced in 1969 and is set during the Russian Civil War. The plot revolves around Captain Pavel Koltsov, an agent working for the Soviet secret police who is spying on the White Volunteer Army, posing as an adjutant to a chief commander, general Kovalevsky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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