Stawka wieksza niz zycie
Country
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Language
Polish
Channel
Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Creator
"Syrena"
Genre
War / Espionage
Broadcast
1966 - 1968
No. of Seasons
1
No. of Episodes
18
Main Cast
Character
Actor
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 , 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
Luger P08
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Hans Kloss (Stanislaw Mikulski) holds a Luger P08 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-scharführer Glaubel (Mieczyslaw Waskowski ) aims at Kloss and Basie (Wanda Koczeska).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cpt. Willy Ruppert (Ignacy Gogolewski ) drew his pistol at Anna (Ewa Wisniewska).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chief Board Gebhardt (Henryk Bak ) fired on Capt. Kloss from a gun in the park.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-sturmbahnnuhrer Knoch (Andrzej Krasicki ) fire a pistol out the window.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anne-Marie Elken (Barbara Horawianka ) got into a car with Ring´s gun, by which shot one SS-man of his suite.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wehrnitz (Janusz Zakrzenski ) shot adverse witnesses by a shot into the rear of head.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-sturmbanführer Brunner (Emil Karewicz) has Hans Kloss on the sights of his pistol.
Walther P38 pistol
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-sturmbanführer Hermann Brunner (Emil Karewicz) uses as service gun a Walther P38 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-sturmführer Hans Stadtke (Mieczyslaw Stoor) in a shootout with a defenders of the secret radio.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Director Löbler (Tadeusz Bartosik ) trying to shoot Kloss on the roof of Hotel Excelsior.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing General Wierlinger (Seweryn Butrym) was assassinated by the Gestapo by a shot in a back.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Kloss (Stanislaw Mikulski) holds a gun to the head of Lt Stolp (Wojciech Duriasz) (right).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Resistance fighter Romek (Jerzy Trela ) was shot by SS-strurmführer Stedtke (Mieczyslaw Stoor ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jeanne Mole (Lidia Korsakówna) shoots the traitor in the ranks of resistance fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-sturmbahnführer Dehne (August Kowalczyk) has a gun under his pillow always ready.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wilhelm Schenk (Zygmunt Zintel ) is going to shoot a "traitor" Col. Ring (Jerzy Radwan ) (right).
Walther PP pistol
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rigoletto (Leon Niemczyk ) carries in a breast pocket a Walther PP pistol.
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Walther PPK
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gestapo Agent "Wolf" (Boguslaw Sochnacki ) already missed firing on the resistance fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Greta Raschke (Lucyna Suchecka ) hurt Kloss by shot from a pistol.
MAPF Unique mod 10
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Edyta (Aleksandra Zawieruszanka ) aims alternately on Brunner and Hans Kloss.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Benita von Henning (Iga Cembrzynska ) aims her pocket gun at Kloss.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anne-Marie Elken (Barbara Horawianka ) holds a pocket pistol in his hand pointed at Kloss.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inga (Barbara Brylska ) disarmed Anne-Marie and handed the gun to Capt. Kloss.
Tokarev TT-33 pistol
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Submachine guns
MP40
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS-man (Jerzy Janeczek ) was shoots by bullet from Hans Kloss pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The radio operator Irena (Janina Boronska ) mowed a SS-men by doses of submachine gun.
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PPSh-41
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hans Kloss is arrested by Polish soldiers (Eugeniusz Korczarowski and Michal Szewczyk ) carrying a PPSh-41 submachine guns.
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PPS-43
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tomala (Janusz Paluszkiewicz ) (left) disguised as German soldier with a PPS-43 submachine gun.
Sten Mk II
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Colt 1921 Thompson
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The black American solider is armed by a Thompson submachine gun.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
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Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
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Lee-Enfield No.4 rifle
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Over/Under Sporting Shotgun
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AK-47
AK-47s are seen several times in the hands of Polish soldiers and paratroopers, possibly standing in for the Sturmgewehr 44 .
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Machine guns
MG34
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MG42
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans attacked a German military convoy of machine gun fire.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers defend a bridge with their MG42 machine gun.
Maxim M1910/1930
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Hand grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
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F-1 hand grenade
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade.
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Others
Panzerfaust
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T-34 tanks
Soviet T-34-85 tank.
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Tiger I
The Tiger I tanks are actually converted T-34 tank.
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