Seventeen moments of spring
Nov. 22nd, 2009 11:05 pmSomeone has posted all of this 1973-vintage Soviet TV miniseries on YouTube, and I've started watching it. It's very well done, although there are some glaring inaccuracies -- the tape recorders, for instance, are all 1960's-vintage transistor models. Tape recorders did exist in 1945, when the series takes place -- the Germans invented them -- but they would have been large, heavy machines with tubes. My understanding is that wire recorders were more usual at the time.
Also, all the SS are wearing stereotypical black uniforms and red swastika armbands, but those were used only until 1939; during the war the SS uniforms were field-gray.
Here is the first part of Episode 1:
Also, all the SS are wearing stereotypical black uniforms and red swastika armbands, but those were used only until 1939; during the war the SS uniforms were field-gray.
Here is the first part of Episode 1: