Seventeen Moments of Spring

Original title: Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny

TV Series
1973

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Leonid Bronevoy, Evgeniy Evstigneev, and Vyacheslav Tikhonov in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)

During World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite.During World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite.During World War II, a Soviet undercover spy manages to infiltrate the Nazi elite.

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8.8/10

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Trivia
The person responsible for extras casting was Jewish and was casting a lot of his friends and relatives in tiny parts. As a result, when the military consultant (from the KGB) saw the chosen actors, he said that most of the guards at Nazi headquarters looked like soldiers of Israeli army, not elite SS soldiers, and demanded that they change them to more appropriate looking actors. As a result, the roles of SS guards were played by military cadets of the frontier-guards schools from Tallinn (Estonia) and Riga (Latvia), who, being tall, blonde and blue-eyed looked more like real SS soldiers.

Goofs
The reels on the tape decks often have too much tape to be held by the reels.

Quotes
Heinrich Mueller: These days you can not believe anybody. Even yourself. You can believe me, though.

Connections
Featured in A Jungle Book of Regulations (1974)

Soundtracks
Mgnoveniya
(uncredited)
Music by Mikael Tariverdiev (uncredited)
Lyrics by Robert Rozhdestvensky
Performed by Iosif Kobzon (uncredited)

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10/10

Humane

What make this movie unique, is how Germans are shown. They are villains, but unlike in many modern movies these villains are not ugly, stupid or emotionless. They have personalities, they are clever, cunning and often charming. Just like one would assume many Nazis were in real life.

There is no much shooting or killing in this film. No special effects. What it has is a great story (loosely based on actual events, I think), great acting, dialogues, and cinematography. Although there are 12 episodes of the film, you will wish there have been more.

Great film. I should watch it again...