''More Than Life at Stake'' (

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: ''Stawka większa niż życie''), also known as ''Stakes Larger Than Life'' and ''Playing for High Stakes'' is a Polish

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about the adventures of a Polish secret agent in Soviet service, captain Hans Kloss (real name Stanisław Kolicki, codename J-23), who acts as a double agent in the

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during

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occupied Poland ' (Norwegian: ') is a Norwegian political thriller TV series that premiered on TV2 on 5 October 2015. Based on an original idea by Jo Nesbø, the series is co-created with Karianne Lund and Erik Skjoldbjærg. Season 2 premiered on 10 October 2 ...

. Its precursor was a

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of the same name, broadcast live in 1965 by

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. 14 episodes of the play were made, with the two main characters, the

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Hauptmann Hans Kloss, and his key

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, SS- Obersturmführer Hermann Brunner, portrayed respectively by actors

Stanisław Mikulski Stanisław Mikulski (1 May 1929 – 27 November 2014) was a Polish theatre, television and film actor, and host of ''Koło Fortuny'' (the Polish version of ''Wheel of Fortune''). Mikulski gained fame for his leading role in the 1967–68 televi ...

and

Emil Karewicz Emil Karewicz (13 March 1923 – 18 March 2020) was a Polish actor. Early life His acting career began in Wilno, at the local theatre, where he played the role of a monkey in the "Quartet" by Ivan Krylov. During World War II he served in the Po ...

. The popularity of the play led to the creation of the TV series; Mikulski and Karewicz returned to portray Kloss and Brunner. The series was filmed from March 1967 to October 1968. There were 18 episodes, 9 of which were directed by

Janusz Morgenstern Janusz "Kuba" Morgenstern (16 November 1922 – 6 September 2011) was a Polish film director and producer. Janusz Morgenstern was born in 1922 to a Jewish family in the town of Mikulińce, Poland (now Mykulyntsi, Ukraine), to Dawid Morgenstern ...

and the other 9 by

Andrzej Konic Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ma ...

. The show was very popular in Poland, the USSR,

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, and former

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. Re-runs are regularly broadcast on Polish TV. Both the character of Hans Kloss, and that of Max von Stierlitz, the protagonist of the similarly themed Russian TV series ''

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'', were allegedly inspired by the real-life exploits of Nikolai Kuznetsov, who had successfully infiltrated Nazi armed forces under the guise of a German officer.

Cast

(lieutenant, later, captain Hans Kloss/J-23) - main role *

(

Hermann Brunner Schutzstaffel, SS-Sturmbannführer Herman Brunner is a recurrent supporting character from the Polish people, Polish popular TV series ''Stawka większa niż życie, More Than Life at Stake'' (''Stawka większa niż życie''). He is played by Emil ...

, support role) *

Bronisław Pawlik Bronisław Pawlik (8 January 1926 – 6 May 2002) was a Polish actor. He starred in the TV series ''Stawka większa niż życie'' and 1978 comedy film ''What Will You Do When You Catch Me?''. At the 1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959) he ...

(Kloss's contact) *

Mieczysław Stoor Mieczysław Stoor (5 September 1929 – 5 October 1973) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1954 and 1973. Selected filmography * '' Boleslaw Smialy'' (1972) * ''Landscape After the Battle'' (1970) * ''Jak rozpętałem ...

(Sturmführer Stedtke) *

Seweryn Butrym Seweryn may refer to: * Seweryn Berson (1858–1917), Polish lawyer and composer * Seweryn Bialer (born 1926), emeritus professor of political science at Columbia University, expert on the Communist parties of the Soviet Union and Poland * Sewery ...

(general Wiehringer) *

Janina Borońska Janina Borońska-Łągwa (born 16 June 1943, Łódź) is a Polish film and theatre actress, and the mother of the composer and vocalist Jacek Łągwa. Borońska debuted in theater in 1966. In 1967, she graduated from the National Film School i ...

(radio operator Irena) * Krzysztof Chamiec (Sturmbannführer Lothar) * Alicja Zommer (doctor Marta Becher) *

Lucyna Winnicka Lucyna Winnicka (14 July 1928 – 22 January 2013) was a Polish actress. She appeared in 21 films between 1954 and 1978. She played the lead role in the film ''Mother Joan of the Angels'', which won the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Cann ...

(Ingrid Heizer, owner of "Cafe Ingrid") *

Tadeusz Bartosik Tadeusz Bartosik (15 May 1925 – 16 April 1985) was a Polish actor. He appeared in twenty-one films and television shows between 1959 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * ''Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, la ...

(Lobler, owner "Excelsior") *

(Georg, contact in Gdańsk) *

Mieczysław Kalenik Mieczysław Kalenik (1 January 1933 – 16 June 2017) was a Polish actor. Selected filmography *'' Knights of the Teutonic Order'' (1960) *''The First Day of Freedom'' (1964) *''Stawka większa niż życie'' (television; 1968) *'' Tecumseh'' (197 ...

(Hans Diederlich, teacher) *

Igor Śmiałowski Igor Śmiałowski (20 June 1917, in Moscow, Russia – 16 June 2006, in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actor. Selected filmography * ''Ostatni etap'' (1947) * '' Miasto nieujarzmione'' (1950) * '' Warszawska syrena'' (1955) * ''Stawka większa n ...

(engineer Reil) *

Leon Niemczyk Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor. Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over ...

(Rioletto) *

Lech Ordon Lech Ordon (24 November 1928, Poznań – 21 October 2017, Warsaw) was a Polish actor. In 1948, he graduated from The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, at the time located in Łódź. He was known for his roles i ...

(Puschke) *

Marian Opania Marian Opania (, born 1 February 1943) is a Polish film actor and singer. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1965. Biography He was born on 1 February 1943 in Puławy as the second son of Julian and Jadwiga. His father was a forester ...

(Kazik Truchanowicz) *

Tadeusz Kalinowski Tadeusz Kalinowski (1 June 1915 – 22 August 1969) was a Polish actor. He appeared in thirty films and television shows between 1954 and 1979. Selected filmography * ''How to Be Loved'' (1963) * ''Pięciu'' (1964) * ''Czterej Pancerni i Pi ...

(Kreisleiter) *

Tadeusz Schmidt Tadeusz Schmidt (14 November 1920 – 10 May 1976) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1942 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' The Two Who Stole the Moon'' (1962) * ''Potem nastąpi cisza'' (1965) * ''Wester ...

(major Horst) * Krystyna Feldman (Reil's secretary) *

Alina Janowska Alina Janowska (16 April 1923 – 13 November 2017) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 35 films and television shows between 1946 and 2017. Biography Janowska was born in 1923 in Warsaw into a wealthy family. She was arrested ...

(Rose Arens, owner of "Cafe Rose") *

Janusz Bylczyński Janusz () is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius. People * Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter *Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician *Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic prie ...

(councilor Witte) *

Edmund Fetting Edmund Andrzej Fetting (10 November 1927, in Warsaw, Poland – 30 January 2001 there) was a Polish film and theatrical actor and occasional singer. Fetting was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1980) and the Gold Cr ...

(Christopulis) *

Leon Pietraszkiewicz Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...

(owner of inn "Orient") *

Mieczysław Voit Mieczysław () or Mečislovas (Lithuanian) is a Slavic name of Polish origin and consists of two parts: miecz "sword", and sław "glory, famous". Feminine form: Mieczysława. Alternate form: Mieszko. This name may refer to: People Mečislovas *M ...

(prince Mdżawanadze) *

Iga Cembrzyńska Maria Elżbieta "Iga" Cembrzyńska (born 2 July 1939) is a Polish actress, singer, composer, screenwriter, film director, and producer. She runs her own film company, ''Iga Film''. She was the wife of Polish film director Andrzej Kondratiuk. Fir ...

(Benita von Henning) * Ignacy Gogolewski (captain Ruppert) * Ewa Wiśniewska (Anna) *

Mariusz Dmochowski Mariusz Dmochowski (29 October 1930 – 7 August 1992) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 45 films and television shows between 1958 and 1992. Partial filmography * '' Eroica'' (1958) - Lt. Korwin Makowski (segment "Ostinato Lugu ...

(Gruppenführer Fischer) * Piotr Pawłowski (Adam Schmidt) * Jolanta Zykun (Agnieszka) * Władysław Hańcza (count Edwin Wąsowski) * Gustaw Lutkiewicz (Sturmbannführer Lohse) * Ignacy Machowski (Standartenführer Diblius) *

Wiesława Mazurkiewicz Wiesława Mazurkiewicz-Lutkiewicz (25 March 1926 – 20 April 2021) was a Polish film and theater actress. She graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1952. In 1974 she starred in the Academy Award-nominated film ''The Deluge'' un ...

(major Hanna Bösel) * Henryk Bąk (councilor Gebhard) *

Adam Pawlikowski Adam Pawlikowski (1925–1976) was a Polish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Kanal'' (1957) * ''Lotna'' (1959) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * ''Goodbye to the Past'' (1961) * ''Ashes and Diamonds'' (1961- US release) * ''It Started Yesterday'' (196 ...

(captain Boldt) * Feliks Żukowski (colonel Kornel) *

Czesław Wołłejko Czesław Wołłejko (17 March 1916 – 7 February 1987) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than twenty films from 1952 to 1984. Selected filmography References External links * 1916 births 1987 deaths Polish male film actors ...

(Sturmbannführer Geibel) * Janusz Kłosiński (Józef Filipiak "Filip") * Bogusław Sochnacki (Zając) *

Zdzisław Mrożewski Zdzisław Mrożewski (21 May 1909 – 5 July 2002) was a Polish actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1932 and 1981. He starred in the 1977 film '' Death of a President'', which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, ...

(colonel Kraft) * Maciej Damięcki (2 roles: Wacek Słowikowski, Eryk Słowikowski vel Eryk Getting) * Józef Nalberczak (Wojtek) * Joanna Jędryka (Basia Borzemska) *

Jan Englert Jan Aleksander Englert (born 11 May 1943) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1957. Since 2003 he has served as Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Warsaw, National Theatre in Warsaw. Biography In 1957 ...

(Tadek) *

August Kowalczyk August Marian Kowalczyk (15 August 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a Polish actor, theatre, television and film director who was the last survivor of a breakout of prisoners from Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 10 June 1942. Born in Tarnawa Góra, he ...

(Sturmbannführer Dehne) *

Bolesław Płotnicki Bolesław Płotnicki (17 June 1913 – 7 September 1988) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1953 and 1983. Selected filmography * ''Shadow'' (1956) * '' Kwiecień'' (1961) * ''The Impossible G ...

(Józef Podlasiński) * Władysław Kowalski (Adam Pruchnal) *

Stanisław Niwiński Stanisław Niwiński (8 May 1932 – 4 May 2002) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 45 films and television shows between 1961 and 1992. Selected filmography * ''Spotkanie w "Bajce"'' (1962) * '' Black Wings'' (1963) * ''Katastrof ...

(lt. Neumann) *

Jerzy Trela Jerzy Józef Trela (14 March 1942 – 15 May 2022) was a Polish actor. In 2003 he starred in the film ''An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God'' under Jerzy Hoffman. He is also known for ''Three Colours: White, White'' (1994), ''Quo Vadis (2001 ...

(Romek) *

Józef Nowak Józef Nowak (8 April 1925 – 16 January 1984) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1951 and 1980. Selected filmography * ''Warsaw Premiere'' (1951) * ''Drugi brzeg'' (1962) * ''Westerplatte'' ...

(partisan commander) *

Jerzy Nowak Jerzy Nowak (20 June 1923 – 26 March 2013) was a Polish film and theatre actor and teacher. Biography During World War II, Nowak fought with the Polish partisans. In 1948, he graduated from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Art ...

(tailor Skowronek) *

Lidia Korsakówna Lidia Korsakówna (born 17 January 1934, Baranowicze, Poland – died 6 August 2013, Konstancin-Jeziorna) was a Polish theater and film actress. Born in Baranowicze, Poland (present-day Belarus), Korsakówna died in Konstancin-Jeziorna at the ag ...

(Jeanne Mole) *

Eliasz Kuziemski Eliasz Kuziemski (30 July 1922 – 1 June 2000) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1956 and 1989. Selected filmography * ''Katastrofa ''Katastrofa'' is a 1965 Polish drama film directed by ...

(major Elert) *

Leszek Herdegen Leszek Herdegen (28 May 1929 – 15 January 1980) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 20 films and television shows between 1957 and 1980. Selected filmography * ''Rok pierwszy'' (1960) * '' Kwiecień'' (1961) * ''Nieznany'' (1964) ...

(2 roles: lt. von Vormann, English colonel) *

Leonard Pietraszak Leonard Pietraszak (6 November 1936 – 1 February 2023) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1957. Life and career Pietraszak was best known for playing Gustaw Kramer in popular comedy ''Vabank'' and ...

(Hubert Ornel) * Edward Linde-Lubaszenko (Wehrmacht officer) *

Zdzisław Kuźniar Zdzisław Kuźniar (born 26 July 1931, in Free City of Danzig, now Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish theater, film and television actor. Kuźniar graduated from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków. That same year he debuted ...

(Wehrmacht officer) *

Igor Przegrodzki Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling * ...

(doctor) *

Beata Tyszkiewicz Beata Maria Helena Tyszkiewicz (born 14 August 1938) is a retired Polish actress and TV personality. Career Beata Tyszkiewicz has worked mostly on the big screen but acted in several French TV movies, becoming famous through her portrayal of d ...

(Christin Kield) * Ryszard Filipski (Sturmbannführer Schabe) * Jerzy Block (Oskar) *

Anna Seniuk Anna Seniuk (born 17 November 1942, in Stanisławów) is a Polish actress. After World War II, together with other Poles from Stanisławów, she was forced by the Soviet government to leave her hometown, settling in the town of Zator, near Oświ ...

(łączniczka) * Witold Pyrkosz (Obersturmbannführer Kleist) *

Zygmunt Malanowicz Zygmunt Malanowicz (4 February 1938 – 4 April 2021) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films from 1962 to 2020. Selected filmography * ''Knife in the Water'' (1962) * '' Naked Among Wolves'' (1963) * ''Barrier'' (1966) * ...

(Johann Streit) * Zdzisław Maklakiewicz (Untersturmführer Abusch) *

Ryszard Kotys Ryszard Kotys (20 March 1932 – 27 January 2021) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 140 films and television shows during his career. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1932 births 2021 deaths Polis ...

(agent Z-82) * Henryk Hunko (lt. Schlosser) *

Aleksandra Zawieruszanka Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...

(Edyta Lausch) *

Józef Kostecki Józef Kostecki (1922 - 1980) was a Polish actor. A 1948 graduate of the The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Theatre Academy of Warsaw, he is best known for his role of Grand Duke Vytautas in Aleksander Ford's ''K ...

(captain Schneider) *

Stanisław Zaczyk Stanisław Zaczyk (26 September 1923 – 6 April 1985) was a Polish theatre and film actor. He was awarded the Polonia Restituta in 1969. Biography Zaczyk was born in Nowy Sącz, Poland. In 1945, he graduated from the Theatre Studio near The Ol ...

(major Broch) * Andrzej Herder (Klossa aide) * Józef Łodyński (Wasiak) * Halina Kossobudzka (Inga Glass) *

Jerzy Kaliszewski Jerzy Kaliszewski (June 8, 1912 – May 31, 1990) was a Polish actor, recipient of multiple awards. Filmography * ''Doctor Murek'' (1939) * ''Unvanquished City'' (1950) * '' Youth of Chopin'' (1952) * ''Stawka większa niż życie'' (1968) ...

(professor Glass) *

Janusz Paluszkiewicz Janusz Paluszkiewicz (20 March 1912 – 19 February 1990) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1952 and 1988. Filmography References External links * 1912 births 1990 deaths Polish ma ...

(Tomala) *

Stanisław Jasiukiewicz Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...

(general Pfister) *

Andrzej Krasicki Andrzej Krasicki (31 October 1918, Tarnów, Poland – 15 January 1995, Warsaw) was a Polish film and theatre actor and theatre director. Biography In 1937, he graduated from Staszic high school in Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), offici ...

(Sturmbannführer Knoch) *

Teresa Kamińska Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...

(Simone) *

Barbara Burska Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as ...

(Janka) * Eugeniusz Priwieziencew (Polish paratrooper) *

Barbara Brylska Barbara Brylska (born 5 June 1941) is a Polish actress who gained critical acclaim in 1960s and was featured in numerous films throughout the countries of the Warsaw Pact including the Soviet Union. She is noted especially for her role as ''Nadya ...

(Inga) * Barbara Horawianka (Anna-Maria Elken) *

Barbara Rachwalska Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as ...

(Berta) * Tobias Yves Zintel (2 roles: Austrian autistic, Nazi autistic) *

Stanisław Milski Stanisław Jan Milski (1897–1972) was a Polish actor, director, and artist manager. He was the son of Jan Hołyst and Catherine of Rychterów. He graduated from ballet school in Poznań, but his injury after the accident prevented him from p ...

(Miller) *

Zygmunt Zintel Zygmunt Zintel (2 April 1911, Warsaw – 30 September 1990, Łódź) was a Polish theater, film, and television, actor, and teacher. He was also a soldier for Poland during the Invasion of Poland. Biography In the years from 1929 to 1932, he took ...

(Schenk) * Aleksander Fogiel (Polish colonel) *

Janusz Zakrzeński Janusz Zakrzeński (8 March 1936 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish film and theatrical actor. Zakrzeński was born in Przededworze. He graduated from high school III LO in Wrocław, Poland, in 1953. He was an actor in the Juliusz Słowacki Theatr ...

(Wernitz) *

Zygmunt Kęstowicz Zygmunt Kęstowicz (24 January 1921 – 14 March 2007) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 25 films and television shows between 1954 and 1997. Selected filmography * ''Shadow'' (1956) * ''Stawka większa niż życie ''Stawka wi� ...

(Ohlers) * Józef Duriasz (Lüboff) *

Saturnin Żórawski Saint Saturnin of Toulouse ( la, Saturninus, oc, Sarnin, french: Saturnin, Sernin, ca, Serni, Sadurní, gl, Sadurninho and pt, Saturnino, Sadurninho, eu, Satordi, Saturdi, Zernin, and es, Saturnino, Serenín, Cernín) was one of the ''" ...

(Fahrenwirst) *

Wieńczysław Gliński Wieńczysław Gliński (10 May 1921 – 8 July 2008) was a Polish stage and film actor. He was a member of the Polish resistance movement Home Army during World War II. He was also a prisoner in the Nazi German concentration camp Majdanek. ...

(general Harris) * Tadeusz Pluciński (captain Roberts) *

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Zbigniew Jan Zapasiewicz (13 September 1934 – 14 July 2009) was one of the most prominent post-war Polish actors, as well as a theatre director and pedagogue. Biography Zbigniew Zapasiewicz was born on 13 September 1934 in Warsaw, Poland. Du ...

(captain Karpinski) *

Ryszard Pietruski Ryszard Pietruski (born 7 October 1922 in Wyszecino near Wejherowo, died 14 September 1996 in Warsaw) was a Polish theatre and film actor. Biography He spent his childhood and early days in Lviv. He was a student of the III State High School ...

(lt. Lewis) *

Włodzimierz Skoczylas Włodzimierz Skoczylas (7 May 1923 – 29 September 1993) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1952 and 1990. Selected filmography * ''Five Boys from Barska Street'' (1954) * ''Irena do domu!'' (1955) * ''Milczące ...

(Vogel) *

Barbara Sołtysik Barbara Sołtysik (born 5 August 1942) is a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 35 films and television shows between 1962 and 2006. Selected filmography * ''Potem nastąpi cisza'' (1965) * ''Family Life Family (from la, familia) is ...

(radiooperator Marta) *

Wiktor Grotowicz Wiktor Grotowicz (23 October 1919 – 19 December 1985) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 45 films and television shows between 1954 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' Katastrofa'' (1965) * '' Colonel Wolodyjowski'' (1969) * ''F ...

(general William) *

Ferdynand Matysik Ferdynand is a Polish variant of the Germanic name Ferdinand. Ferdynand means "bold protector". People named Ferdynand Ferdynand is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876–1945), Polish writer, jou ...

(colonel Litzke) *

Zbigniew Józefowicz Zbigniew () is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew . This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements ''Zby-'' (from ''zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się'', meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and ''gniew'', meaning "ange ...

(Soviet general)

List of episodes

#I Know Who You Are (''Wiem, kim jesteś'') dir.

#Hotel Excelsior (''Hotel Excelsior'') dir.

#Top Secret (''Ściśle tajne'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #Café Rose (''Café Rose'') dir. Andrzej Konic #Last Chance (''Ostatnia szansa'') dir. Andrzej Konic #Iron Cross (''Żelazny Krzyż'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #Double Nelson (''Podwójny nelson'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #The Great Give-Away (''Wielka wsypa'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #Colonel Kraft's ingenious plan (''Genialny plan pułkownika Krafta'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #In the Name of the Republic (''W imieniu Rzeczypospolitej'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #Password (''Hasło'') dir. Andrzej Konic #Treason (''Zdrada'') dir. Andrzej Konic #Without Instructions (''Bez instrukcji'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #''Edyta'' dir. Andrzej Konic #Siege (''Oblężenie'') dir. Andrzej Konic #Operation: "Oak Leaf" (''Akcja - "Liść dębu"'') dir. Janusz Morgenstern #Meeting (''Spotkanie'') dir. Andrzej Konic #Wanted Gruppenführer Wolf (''Poszukiwany Gruppenführer Wolf'') dir. Andrzej Konic

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Several episodes of the series were adapted as short stories and collected in printed volumes. The show was also adapted as a comic book series, which gained high popularity and was translated into several languages. 20 volumes of the comic book were released, some of which were direct adaptations of the TV series, while others contained original storylines. The final volume of the comic book series expanded the show's story further, by having Kloss track down Nazi fugitives in Switzerland, shortly after the war.

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