Seventeen Instants of Spring
| Seventeen Moments of Spring | |
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Russian DVD cover
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| Genre | Espionage thriller |
| Created by | Yulian Semyonov |
| Based on |
Seventeen Moments of Spring by Yulian Semyonov |
| Screenplay by | Yulian Semyonov Tatyana Lioznova |
| Directed by | Tatyana Lioznova |
| Starring |
Vyacheslav Tikhonov Yefim Kopelyan Leonid Bronevoy Ekaterina Gradova Rostislav Plyatt |
| Narrated by | Yefim Kopelyan |
| Theme music composer | Mikael Tariverdiev |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Yefim Lebedinsky Zinovi Genzer |
| Cinematography | Pyotr Kataev |
| Editor(s) | Ksenia Blinova |
| Running time | 840 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Gorky Film Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network | Programme One |
| Original release | 8 July – 24 August 1972 |
| External links | |
| Website | mgnoveniya |
Seventeen Moments of Spring (Russian: Семнадцать мгновений весны, translit. Semnadtsat' mgnoveniy vesny) is a 1972 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, depicted by Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Stierlitz is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies.
The series is considered the most successful Soviet espionage thriller ever made, and is one of the most popular television series in Russian history.
12 February 1945, Germany. Max Otto von Stierlitz, a respected SS-Standartenführer in the Ausland-SD, is in fact Soviet spy Maxim Isaev, who has infiltrated into the German establishment many years ago. Though Adolf Hitler is determined to continue the Second World War, Walter Schellenberg convinces Heinrich Himmler to conduct secret negotiations with the Americans, hoping to reach a separate peace deal which would allow the Germans to concentrate all their forces on the Eastern Front. In the meantime, Ernst Kaltenbrunner becomes suspicious of Stierlitz, and orders Heinrich Müller to launch a covert investigation on him.
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