History Series / SeventeenMomentsOfSpring

* BenevolentBoss: Schellenberg.

* BittersweetEnding: Stirlitz's work has exposed and short-circuited Himmler's plot to make a separate peace with the West. The Russians will destroy Nazi Germany, but at a terrible cost. Kat is a widow, but she escapes with not one but two babies in tow. Pastor Schlagg is told by Stirlitz that his family is safe and he can find them after it's all over and he leaves Switzerland. The fate of Stirlitz himself is not resolved (see AndTheAdventureContinues above).

There is also a prequel series, set in the UsefulNotes/RedOctober era.

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

* BittersweetEnding: Stirlitz's work has exposed and short-circuited Himmler's plot to make a separate peace with the West. The Russsians will destroy Nazi Germany, but at a terrible cost. Kat is a widow, but she escapes with not one but two babies in tow. Pastor Schlagg is told by Stirlitz that his family is safe and he can find them after it's all over and he leaves Switzerland. The fate of Stirlitz himself is not resolved (see AndTheAdventureContinues above).

* HeelFaceTurn: In episode 9 Rolf, with Barbara's help, opens the window and says he'll set the baby outside to freeze to death if she doesn't name the ''rezident''. Meek, quiet Helmut then whips out a gun and kills both Barbara and Rolf.

* SadisticChoice: An SS-woman threatens to freeze Kat's baby to death unless she gives up the name of resident.

* BittersweetEnding: The Russsians will destroy Nazi Germany, but at a terrible cost. Kat is a widow, but she escapes with not one but two babies in tow. Pastor Schlagg is told by Stirlitz that his family is safe and he can find them after it's all over and he leaves Switzerland. The fate of Stirlitz himself is not resolved (see AndTheAdventureContinues above).

* HeyWait: Kat, who escaped with Helmut's help but is left alone after he's shot by the Gestapo, finds a phone booth. She is trying to place a call to Stirlitz when a policeman knocks on the window. She exits the phone booth, a look of mortal terror on her face, only for the policeman to tell her that the phone booth is out of order.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: All the Nazi high leadership, as well as Stalin and Allen Dulles.

* AffablyEvil: Walter Schellenberg, Himmler's right-hand man, and the most affable, friendly high-ranking SS official you'll ever meet.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Rolfe, with Barbara's help, opens the window and tells Kat that if she doesn't give the name of the rezident, he'll put the baby outside in the cold to die. Barbara's gentle, kind husband Helmut then whips out a gun and kills both Barbara and Rolfe.
* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Blonde Nazi Sex Kitten, in the person of Barbara. Barbara is blonde-haired and very attractive and a hard-core true believer Nazi. She is not at all thrilled to have Kat the Soviet agent stashed in her home, even if Kat has (supposedly) agreed to turn her coat and work for the Germans. She also casts bedroom eyes at Stirlitz while holding her mild-mannered husband Helmut in contempt.

* MookFaceTurn: A guard reminded of his own child by Kat's baby [[PapaWolf goes into a rage]] and kills the SS-woman and her superior officer when the former offers the sadistic choice below.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Helmut, husband to hardcore Nazi Barbara, was discharged from the army due to his PTSD. Barbara holds him in contempt.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Stirlitz plays chess with an old lady barkeep while wondering about whether Goebbels is the one trying to make a separate peace.

* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: Blonde Nazi Sex Kitten, in the person of Barbara. Barbara is blonde-haired and very attractive and a hard-core true believer Nazi. She is not at all thrilled to have Kat the Soviet agent stashed in her home, even if Kat has (supposedly) agreed to turn her coat and work for the Germans.

* 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. Everything ends well.

* CyanidePill: A suicide pill hidden in a cigarette.

* AgentProvocateur: Klaus, a German agent who pretends to be a concentration camp escapee in order to ferret out people who are disloyal to the regime.
* AffablyEvil: Walter Schellenberg.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: All the Nazi high leadership, as well as Stalin.

* CaptainObvious: No doubt the RussianHumor meme associated with this series is associated with the narration, which sometimes explicates the thuddingly obvious. The scene where Stirlitz is first shown decoding a message from a NumbersStation could have been staged without dialogue, but no, there's the voice of the narrator telling the viewer that Stirlitz is decoding a message.

* IHaveManyNames: The protagonist. He is serving undercover in Nazi Germany as SS Colonel Max von Stirlitz. His "real" name as NKVD agent is Maxim Isayev. His original name is Vsevolod Vladimirov. He bought the safe house where he meets agents under the name of "Bolzen" and the servants there address him by that name.

* SurpriseCheckmate: In episode 2, the lady proprietor of the "Elefant" bar challenges Stirlitz to a game of chess. He beats her in about a minute. She is appalled.

* TheMole: Stirlitz is this, having been embedded in Germany for many years while reporting

* IHaveManyNames: The protagonist. He is serving undercover in Nazi Germany as SS Colonel Max von Stirlitz. His "real" name as NKVD agent is Maxim Isayev. His original name is Vsevolod Vladimirov.

%% * [[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; [[UsefulNotes/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).