History Series / SeventeenMomentsOfSpring

%% *** This is likely in reference to the (also very large) Eastern Front air war, to which the the Royal Air Force contributed ''[[NoodleIncident exactly once]]'', and could hardly be blamed for being otherwise engaged; [[GaulsWithGrenades Free France's Normandie-Niemen Regiment]] on the other hand deserves mentioning, but the Soviets can technically lay the claim to that unit being a Soviet-run EagleSquadron (currently there are duplicate Normandy-Niemen regiments in France and Russia).

* BabiesEverAfter: The SS deserter who saved Kat's child escapes together with Kat after his heroic act. They've taken his own baby from orphanage ('cause his own mom is dead because of the bombing) and, pretending to be the married couple, try to find the rescue. Than, oops, he gets himself killed, and Kat has to somehow manage in the hostile Berlin with two babies on her hands. [[ItGetsBetter Everything ends well.]]

* GenreSavvy: Kaltenbrunner notices that Stirlitz has a perfect record despite everything he is involved with ending ultimately in Nazi failure, whilst at the same time supposedly maintaining a firm belief in Final Victory, even in private. This just makes him suspicious, and he details Mueller to investigate.

* MoscowCenter: Back then they were called the NKVD, not the KGB, but they were still the Center, and they send Stirlitz messages.

* [[AmericaWinsTheWar The USSR Wins The War]]: Despite the historical context - both in-universe and out - this is largely and refreshingly averted. Schellenberg and Himmler are seen watching a United News newsreel (in English) displaying the victories of the Western Allies, and the Yalta conference is also covered. On the other hand, the plot revolves around the duplicity of said Western Allies in [[spoiler: negotiating with Himmler...]]
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sunrise_(World_War_II) Said plot is not entirely fictional either]], although the Soviets (arguably) [[ThisIsUnforgivable blew it out of proportion]].
** Isolated instances are still present, such as "in 1942 the Soviet Air Force shattered the myth of ''Luftwaffe'' invincibility", which was presumably news to [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships the RAF]], who had won the Battle of Britain two years previously.
*** This is likely in reference to the (also very large) Eastern Front air war, to which the the Royal Air Force contributed ''[[NoodleIncident exactly once]]'', and could hardly be blamed for being otherwise engaged; [[GaulsWithGrenades Free France's Normandie-Niemen Regiment]] on the other hand deserves mentioning, but the Soviets can technically lay the claim to that unit being a Soviet-run EagleSquadron (currently there are duplicate Normandy-Niemen regiments in France and Russia).

*** This is likely in reference to the (also very large) Eastern Front air war, to which the the Royal Air Force contributed [[NoodleIncident ''exactly once'']], and could hardly be blamed for being otherwise engaged; [[GaulsWithGrenades Free France's Normandie-Niemen Regiment]] on the other hand deserves mentioning, but the Soviets can technically lay the claim to that unit being a Soviet-run EagleSquadron (currently there are duplicate Normandy-Niemen regiments in France and Russia).

* TranslationConvention: Most characters speak Russian; but the meetings with [[UsefulNotes/AdolphHitler Hitler]] are in German overdubbed by Russian, as per course for Soviet cinema.

*** This is likely in reference to the (also very large) Eastern Front air war, to which the the Royal Air Force did not contribute, and could hardly be blamed for being previously occupied (though [[GaulsWithGrenades Free France's Normandie-Niemen Regiment]] on the other hand, deserves mentioning...)

* TranslationConvention: Everyone speaks Russian.

There is also a prequel series, set in the RedOctober era. [[{{Sequelitis}} Avoid it]].

* MoscowCenter: Back then they were called the NKGB, not the KGB, but they were still the Center, and they send Stirlitz messages.

* EvilVirtues: The Nazis are shown to have some sense of personal loyalty and even decency towards each other.

The series depicts the life of a Soviet spy Maxim Isaev, who is operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stirlitz, played by the Soviet actor Creator/VyacheslavTikhonov. Other leading roles were played by Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Vizbor, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Rostislav Plyatt, Vasily Lanovoy and Mikhail Zharkovsky. The series is set in 1945, with the war lurching to a conclusion. Isaev/Stirlitz has been a Nazi Party member since 1933 and has risen to a high rank as an SS intelligence officer, while all the time spying for Moscow. He receives a coded message saying that Soviet intelligence has heard rumors that someone in Germany has approached the Western Allies with hopes of making a separate peace. Moscow directs Stirlitz to find out who is doing it. Meanwhile, SS intelligence chief Ernst Kaltenbrunner has grown suspicious of Stirlitz, and orders Gestapo boss Heinrich Muller to investigate him.

Due to this, the series became a FountainOfMemes and the source of many anecdotes and jokes--see RussianHumor for examples of these, as well as the page quote. The series has something of a WeirdAlEffect in Russia today, as far more people are familiar with the jokes than the original TV show.

* [[AmericaWinsTheWar Russia Wins The War]]: Despite the historical context - both in-universe and out - this is largely and refreshingly averted. Schellenberg and Himmler are seen watching a United News newsreel (in English) displaying the victories of the Western Allies, and the Yalta conference is also covered. On the other hand, the plot revolves around the duplicity of said Western Allies in [[spoiler: negotiating with Himmler...]]
** Isolated instances are still present, such as "in 1942 the Soviet Air Force shattered the myth of ''Luftwaffe'' invincibility", which was presumably news to [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships the RAF]], who had won the Battle of Britain two years previously.

Due to this, the series became a FountainOfMemes and the source of many anecdotes (see RussianHumor for examples of these).

* AgentProvocateur: Klaus.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Klaus.

* BookCipher: This is how Stirlitz decodes the coded messages he receives over the radio.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Moments_of_Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'']] (Russian: ''Семнадцать мгновений весны'', ''Semnadtsat' mgnovenij vesny''), also ''Seventeen Instants of Spring'', is a 1973 Soviet TV miniseries directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the book of the same name by the novelist Yulian Semyonov. The series consists of 12 episodes of 70 minutes each.

The series depicts the life of a Soviet spy Maxim Isaev, who is operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stirlitz, played by the Soviet actor Creator/VyacheslavTikhonov. Other leading roles were played by Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Vizbor, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Rostislav Plyatt, Vasily Lanovoy and Mikhail Zharkovsky.

* WeirdAlEffect: Everyone knows the jokes, very few young people actually watched the series.

* EvilVirtues: The Nazis are shown to have some sense of personal loyalty and even decency towards each other; when suspicion first falls on Stirlitz after Kruger's failure to ensure the destruction of Krakow, Kruger begs Kaltenbrunner not to punish Stirlitz for his own failure.

* HonorAmongFiends: The Nazis are shown to have some sense of personal loyalty and even decency towards each other; when suspicion first falls on Stirlitz after Kruger's failure to ensure the destruction of Krakow, Kruger begs Kaltenbrunner not to punish Stirlitz for his own failure.

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The series depicts the life of a Soviet spy Maxim Isaev, who is operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stirlitz, played by the Soviet actor VyacheslavTikhonov. Other leading roles were played by Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Tabakov, Yuri Vizbor, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, Rostislav Plyatt, Vasily Lanovoy and Mikhail Zharkovsky.