Czterej pancerni i pies
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Country
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Poland
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Language
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Polish
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Channel
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Telewizja Polska (TVP)
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Creator
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"Syrena"
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Genre
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War / Espionage
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Broadcast
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1966 - 1968
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No. of Seasons
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1
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No. of Episodes
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18
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Main Cast
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Actor
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Stawka wieksza niz zycie (English: More Than Life at Stake) is a Polish produced war espionage television series directed by Janusz Morgenstern, which ran from 1967 - 1968. It tells the story of the Polish intelligence officer Stanislav Kolicki alias Julek (Stanislaw Mikulski), who is sent to Nazi Germany as a secret agent J-23 instead captured Abwehr officer Hans Kloss. His rival and main negative character is a Gestapo officer Hermann Brunner (Emil Karewicz). In each episode are his ally and also adversary the beautiful women, represented by the famous Polish actresses (Janina Boronska, Wanda Koczeska, Jolanta Wollejko, Lucyna Winnicka, Iga Cembrzynska, Barbara Soltysik, Joanna Jedryka, Lidia Korsakówna, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Anna Seniuk, Aleksandra Zawieruszanka, Barbara Brylska). In Eastern Europe had become a cult TV series, that was replacing viewers stories of James Bond.
Pistols
Walther P38 pistol
Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm
Capt. Hans Kloss (Stanislaw Mikulski) uses a
Walther P38 pistol.
Hermann Brunner (Emil Karewicz) drew his pistol at Hans Koss and his cousin Edyta.
Jeanne Mole (Lidia Korsakówna) will shoot armed Gestapo man in plain clothes.
SS-sturmbahnführer Dehne (August Kowalczyk) has a gun under his pillow always ready.
Luger P08
Capt. Hans Kloss (Stanislaw Mikulski) holds a
Luger P08 pistol.
The Superior Council Gebhardt (
Henryk Bak) fired on Capt. Kloss from a gun in the park.
SS-sturmbanführer Brunner (Emil Karewicz) aims at Hans Kloss with his pistol.
Walther PP pistol
War Time Walther PP Pistol. The lesser-known, full-length barreled Walther PP is available in .22LR, 6.35mm auto (.25 ACP), 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP) Auto or 9x17mm (.380 ACP).
Gestapo Agent "Wolf" (
Boguslaw Sochnacki) already missed firing on the resistance fighters.
Walther PPK
Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP
Baby Browning
Inga (
Barbara Brylska) disarmed Anne-Marie and handed the gun to Capt. Kloss.
Tokarev TT-33 pistol
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Tula Arsenal (Soviet Union) Note CCCP printing around the star on the plastic grips
Submachine guns
MP40
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
The radio operator Irena (
Janina Boronska) mowed a SS-men by doses of submachine gun out the window.
SS-man reciprocates firing a resistance fighters from his submachine gun.
PPSh-41
Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Hans Kloss is arrested by Polish soldiers with
PPSh-41 submachine guns.
German officer views a captured Soviet submachine gun.
PPS-43
PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Sten
Resistance fighter (Aleksander Sewruk) fire a
Sten gun.
Colt 1921 Thompson
Colt M1921AC Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP.
The black American solider is armed by a Thompson submachine gun.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
German soldier patrolling with a rifle on his back.
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR
Mosin Nagant M91/30
Mosin Nagant 91/30 rifle - 7.62x54R
AK-47
AK-47 is seen several times in hands of Polish soldiers and paratroopers aka Sturmgewehr 44.
Type I AK-47, hybrid stamped/milled receiver with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm
Polish paratrooper fires
AK-47 assault rifle.
Machine guns
MG34
MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum
SS patrol with
MG34 machine gun on the sidecar.
MG42
MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser
A German soldiers defend a bridge with their
MG42 machine gun.
Maxim M1910/1930
Russian Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR
Polish soldiers carrying
Maxim M1910/30 machine guns on boats across the river.
Hand grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
SS-man throws a hand grenades at the Polish radio operators.
F-1 hand grenade
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.
Others
Panzerfaust
Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead
T-34 tanks
Soviet T-34-76 tank.
Tiger I
The Tiger I tanks are actually converted T-34 tank.