Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)

Original title

Семнадцать мгновений весны

Directed by

Tatyana Lioznova

Genre

drama television series, espionage television series, war television series, detective television series, mystery television series

Country

Soviet Union, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rated

12+

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet spy working undercover in Nazi counterintelligence tries to stop secret peace talks between Germany and the western Allies. The Gestapo hunts for him and his network.

tensemethodicalsombersuspensefulcerebraldeliberatebleakatmospheric

What happens

Seventeen Moments of Spring (Russian: Семнадцать мгновений весны, romanized: Semnadtsat' mgnoveniy vesny) is a 1973 Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yulian Semyonov. The series portrays the exploits of Maxim Isaev, a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stierlitz, portrayed by Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Stierlitz is planted in 1927, well before the Nazi takeover of pre-war Germany. He then enlists in the NSDAP and rises through the ranks, becoming an important Nazi counterintelligence officer. He recruits several agents from among dissident German intellectuals and persecuted clergy. Stierlitz discovers, and later schemes to disrupt, the secret negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the western Allies. Meanwhile, the Gestapo under Heinrich Müller are on a search for the unidentified Soviet resident spy and his ring. The series is considered the most successful Soviet spy thriller ever made and is one of the most popular television series in Soviet history. Two songs from the series, "Moments" and "The Song on the Far-away Homeland", received critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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