Kinolyapy first Soviet TV series "Seventeen Moments of Spring"

We all love the first Soviet series - "17 Moments of Spring," filmed in 1973 on the novel by Yulian Semyonov. He became so popular among the people that were stacked hundreds of anecdotes about Stirlitz. The most interesting thing is that the show does contain a lot of flaws. On some, I have seen, I will try to say below; perhaps the reader to pay attention to other blunders and absurdities in the film.

1. bloopers

Common mistakes in the film very much. The bathroom Shtirlitsa and the Office of the RSHA - Soviet plumbing. God knows how the Muller cabinet wall were hanging round plastic watch "Glory", which were produced in large quantities in the USSR in the 1970s and hung at the time in my room.

Stirlitz comes to meet with Bormann, wearing black plastic glasses production USSR of the 1970s in the fashion of the 70s. All wear costumes made in the fashion of the 70s. But the most surprising - it Shtirlitsa pen, which he recorded radio messages from the Center and then four draws caricatures of Himmler, Bormann, Goebbels and Goering. Where did Stirlitz took the pen in 1945? No center sent equipment as a secret, because at work Stirlitz Bormann wrote a letter to a conventional pen, Macao in the ink - and even just general Mueller wrote himself Reichsfuehrer SS. They felt-tip pens in my life seen. In the episode, when Stirlitz in a car driven by Pastor Schlag to the German-Swiss border, the radio voice of Edith Piaf. The priest is outraged famous song "I do not regret anything" - and rightly indignant, because it will be written only 15 years after its passage through the Alps.

2. unscientific fantasy

Yulian Semyonov in many episodes showed ignorance of the topic. For example, all Germans in the film (including the couple depicting Shtirlitsa and Kat when crossing the border of Switzerland) - wear wedding rings on her right hand, as they all were in the Soviet Union, but the real Germans are worn on the left. Completely invented "dossier". Personal affairs in the Third Reich in the form as shown in the film, did not exist as expressions such as "Nordic character", "merciless to enemies of the Reich." And all the documents printed SS Gothic rather than Latin. Yourself "file" overcrowded distortion. For example, the voice of Goebbels Yefim Kapelyan overs broadcasts: "secondary education". In fact, he was a doctor of philosophy at Heidelberg University, in 1922 he defended his thesis on the history of drama. And the statement is not true Kapelyan that Goebbels was appointed Gauleiter of Berlin in 1944 (for valor shown during the suppression of the rebellion), he was appointed to the post October 26, 1926 and remained in office until his death on May 1, 1945 The Hering also Kapelyan He says: "secondary education", although he graduated from the military Academy in Karlsruhe and the military school in Berlin Lichterfelde - with the highest possible amount of final evaluations, for which he was personally congratulated by Kaiser Wilhelm. Why Semenov took to hide higher education Goebbels and Goering - is unclear, because the negative attitude of people towards these individuals is not based on their education or lack of education, and their crimes.

3. STRANGE NEIGHBORS

When Heinrich Müller, walking down the hall, met Walter Schellenberg and Stirlitz Max, I was very surprised. Still do not be surprised by the Gestapo chief: after IV administration (Gestapo) and VI management (political intelligence) located in different buildings separated by a distance greater than 10 km. Gestapo - at Prinz Albrechtstrasse 8 (Muller's cabinet was in an adjacent building - the former hotel "Prince Alberht" on Prinz Albrechtstrasse, 9), and the service Schellenberg was in the building at Berkaershtrasse, 32 - at the other end of town. For this reason, it is absurd and the scene when Stirlitz came out of his office, met a soldier carrying a suitcase with a portable radio in the office located next to Rolf. Rolf served in the Gestapo - and so his office could not be adjacent to the cabinet Shtirlitsa. Absurd and interviews conducted by Stirlitz, as his arrest Katya Kozlova (Cat) as Schellenberg's Office does not have the right to make arrests in Germany. Moreover, the political intelligence service, where he worked as Stirlitz did not have the right to conduct investigative activities, including questioning detainees.

4. dilettantes SHTIRLITS

Do not understand the very training scout Isaev, who passing during the air raid in the special communication node and call Bormann, I began to grasp at the tube with your bare hands (and not through a handkerchief). There are only two explanations: either Stirlitz had never heard about the existence of a fingerprint, or have not been Shtirlitsa Russian habit handkerchief. By the way, do not understand and why suddenly special communication unit left without a single attendant, although near the corridor sentries remained at their posts.

5. parasite SHTIRLITS

The film shows in full RSHA Abraham work above the roof, all working without sleep for several days, sleeping only a few hours. Called the "case" Stirlitz Müller recognized office Kaltenbrunner, that his eyes were red because he has not slept for several nights. Then Eismann (Kuravlev) caused already Muller on the same "case" Shtirlitsa itself says the same thing - have not slept for three days, the dream - to sleep 7 hours. Mueller as a reward for honesty guarantee Eismann Shtirlitsa - allowed him to sleep for 5 hours. The immensely happy. Against this background, the total work involving all hands Stirlitz looks like a complete parasite. He also seems to be a couple of times in passing lamented that, say, not enough time. But it rests in a country house, doing cutting of fir branches, playing with street dogs, every day hanging around in bars where drinking beer and brandy, does the reading newspapers and playing chess, brings just home ladies, friends of the bar, where drinks with them and dancing. In general - a good time as you can, while the coworkers do not sleep on the three days. Not only that - Stirlitz so tired of recreation and entertainment that it turns out to be "sleeping problems"! When he sees beig suitcase in the hallway with the radio and goes after him into the office, Rolf, you will not find anything more foolish than to ask for sleeping pills as an excuse. Yefim Kapelyan voice-over: "Now if someone asks Rolf, why it came to Stirlitz, then he replied that he came for sleeping pills." The most absurd excuse during involving all hands at the RSHA. This "excuse" contrary all alerted, because people do not sleep for three days and happy on the fourth sleep at least 5 hours, and one Stirlitz in the RSHA, you see, with the hypnotic goes to Rolf ...

6. The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase

All the intrigue plot is twisted around the suitcase with a portable radio, which allegedly left imprints Shtirlitsa fingers. But where they could come from, if the film is clearly shown - during the last session of a country Stirlitz always wore gloves? Here, perhaps, the filmmakers do not doglyadeli. But here's the flaw is already very Juliana Semenova: Stirlitz builds his alibi for that supposedly helped some unknown lady to bring the stroller and allegedly some suitcases. The film shows that Stirlitz was at this time in gloves. Why should could take on those things it prints? Let Stirlitz knew it and just wanted to fool Mueller. But in this case Mueller appears - with the filing of Yulian Semyonov - a complete idiot, believed in the stories Stirlitz Stirlitz was for that day in the form of an SS officer, and in February it provides together with leather coats compulsory wearing of leather gloves. But once Stirlitz was dressed in shape, then how did he could leave fingerprints on the things of a certain lady, whom he helped to move their belongings?

7. "SHTIRLITS Heil!"

This flaw author's fingerprint makes unconvincing book and the film, and the very ability to extricate himself from suspicion Shtirlitsa a silly excuses - became the basis for many jokes, because people feel these abnormalities. And one of the anecdotes about himself presents himself Stirlitz in a conversation with his radio operator, saying that charging such tasks, there is the Center believe that Stirlitz entree to Hitler; supposedly good and Fuhrer break - "Heil Stirlitz!". Apparently, Yulian Semyonov himself understood anecdotal this fictional character (and all of his works), when the desire to show the successes of Soviet intelligence as high as possible post spy in the enemy camp leads to the absurd - it is in its place in the Reich is not a scout, and one of the leaders fascist state.

8. THE WIFE SHTIRLITSA

Another fantastic fiction Juliana Semenova is that Stirlitz in some unknown way could promoted to the rank of SS standartenfuehrer (similar to the rank of colonel of the Wehrmacht), remaining a bachelor. It is absolutely impossible for the SS officers, strictly carrying out Hitler's order to the reproduction of the population (the elite SS blood), were obliged to marry for 30 years and have as many children as possible. This, of course, knew Semenov, but that somehow "did not go" into the ethos of the Soviet spy his German with a German family and a pack of children from the Hitler Youth. So I had to lie - say, in the whole of the SS system, only one man was a bachelor - Stirlitz. Although it is for this to take it at once and exposed. Tearjerker scene of the meeting in a bar with his wife, brought from the Soviet Union, no less foolish. What is the use to sit and stare at each other for 10 minutes in front of everyone? For Stirlitz no surveillance in 1935, he is some kind of suspicion - and may well retire with his wife anywhere (since retired as a killing agent provocateur Claus). And do not be alone for 10 minutes, and for a few days. And most importantly: why other scouts are subversive work of the family - Kate and her husband, a radio operator, and for Shtirlitsa Center is not picked up by his wife, a spy? This seems illogical and inconsistent - from the point of view of the Center, for who knows this Shtirlitsa-Isayeva: starved for female body, fall in love with a German woman - and all failed. So that it was not, the Center was obliged to give him a wife, too, scout. But again - it "spoils" the image of Soviet intelligence in the eyes of the audience. Where profitable to him to submit a such a loner.

9. MURDER CLAUS

Stirlitz exports provocateur Claus in the woods and shoot him. Question: why is I had to kill him? According to the plan of the book and the film, Semenov had to show that Stirlitz not only worked in the RSHA, but also something antifascist did. For example, an agent provocateur killed. In fact Shtirlitsa was introduced into the RSHA not to it there were shot provocateurs - because their fruits own system and all not shoot down. A provocateur murder threatens to expose, in failure. Therefore Spies prohibited such a risk. This act Shtirlitsa purely emotional (judging by the film and the actor playing) - senseless and dangerous. But if the task is to kill Nazis Shtirlitsa - then why did he not kill Bormann during a personal meeting with him - in the car Bormann night in the alley? And no one would Shtirlitsa not caught, for a meeting only knew two people - Bormann Stirlitz. Instead kneels Stirlitz Bormann, helpfully it welcomes, takes off his glasses, in order to show his face, and recalls some remark said Bormann Stirlitz when awarding the Iron Cross (about the face mathematics). Yes, a true communist, enjoying this opportunity, immediately defused would Bormann pistol clip - and already it would have carried out with an excess of duty. But Stirlitz reason is the huge risk of failure, killing some nobody wants provocateur Claus, but at a meeting with Hitler's right hand - by Bormann - is honored to meet him. Okay, so in this situation it was necessary to use Stirlitz Bormann as a counterweight to Himmler, but he could before just to lure Bormann for "personal meeting" some misinformation - and bump off Hitler's right hand did not, although he is quite. Bormann - it is only one episode, but the leaders of the SS Stirlitz many years of familiarity, even though all he could for a long time without any suspicion peretravit. He is a regular visitor rooms Schellenberg, Kaltenbrunner, Reichsfuhrer SS Himmler (being the favorite of all). With Schellenberg walks, according to the film, even at football matches, and the rest of constantly drinks receptions. What's he all of them not poisoned? In parallel, in the collection of intelligence? Finally, Stirlitz, a member of the NSDAP since 1933, hundreds of times participated in party activities and meetings with Adolf Hitler. And I had a great opportunity to destroy Hitler's bomb and lay, or even to come and shoot him. Shot to him Stirlitz in early 1941 - and there would be no World War II. What I do not shoot? After one Shtirlitsa shot could save tens of millions of lives? In this sense Stirlitz looks sinister figure: could save the peoples of the USSR from German aggression, but did not do so, though - being Standartenfiihrer SS, he knew of the impending war and could have killed Hitler, preventing the war itself. Instead, Hitler, he only kills provocateur Claus - with man's possibilities standartenfuehrer SS!

10. The anti-Nazi underground

The same questions I have, like every sensible person, have arisen in connection with the scene when Stirlitz comes to the church for the funeral of Professor Karl Pleischner (a specialist in the treatment of kidney disease). Voice-over tells us that the professor was one of the leaders of the German Resistance, and Stirlitz worked extensively with him. But then the professor's funeral comes the head of the RSHA, Ernst Kaltenbrunner (chief of the services of the Gestapo and the SD), which, as it turns out, was also pochechnikom, lechivshimsya Professor. The question arises: what kind of such "resistance", where he was the head of Carl Pleischner the filing Shtirlitsa cures kidney infection head of the RSHA? He was supposed to heal and kill. Instead, cheerful and cured Pleischner Kaltenbrunner come to the funeral to thank his rescuer. Absurd and rushing. In fact, Kaltenbrunner was never sick kidney, made it all up Yulian Semyonov only with a view to bring the head of the RSHA here and show how Kaltenbrunner pats on the cheek son of a professor (supposedly took over Hitler's gesture). That's all. For the sake of purely intellectual and artistic scene patting the baby's cheek Yulian Semyonov discredits itself the German Resistance, making of it quacks Kaltenbrunner.

11. INCORRECT essence of the film

At the beginning of the picture, together with Himmler, Schellenberg look chronicle of the warring countries. Soviet chronicle shows how Stalin and Roosevelt at Yalta, "decide the fate of Poland and Yugoslavia." It amazes me that we take as the norm to this blatant immorality fact. Why on earth do the US and the USSR decide which country to be liberated after the war, democratic, and some communist? What right do they have it? Liberated Europe from Germany - many thanks, honor and praise. And goodbye! But here is to decide their fate themselves must the people of those countries, rather than the occupation forces. These US troops and the Soviet Union in this case are of the "liberators" - occupiers, does not differ from the Nazis, because, as with the German occupation of people do not have the right to build their country on their own - so that rights do not and after release. For all of them in Yalta decided. It is around this imperial desire to enslave Stalin postwar Europe - and turns the entire plot of the film. Stalin's plan was that as far as possible in Europe to bring its troops - this is purely aggressive plans, where the stake is not the victory over Germany, and the seizure of power over the largest number of European countries. Yulian Semyonov gives a separate peace for "the obvious evil," because such a world would be thwarted imperial plans of Stalin. But why suddenly the world - it is "evil"? The peace terms that were discussed Wolff and Dulles in Berne - Germany's unconditional surrender, the elimination of the Nazi party and all Nazi structures defashizatsiya Germany, the trial of Nazism and Nazi criminals.

All this happened in reality. And this world could not lead to the fact that Germany and the Soviet Union would have continued the war further against each other, because the very conditions of the world means the elimination of Nazism. Here Yulian Semyonov all grossly misrepresented: in fact, this separate peace meant only that the Germans without a fight, give their troops the territory of the Western allies - avoiding those territories troops of the USSR. That's all. Suppose that a separate peace, which heroically did not allow Stirlitz still would occur - ie, the Germans would have capitulated to the Soviet Union for some time later, allowing the troops of the Western allies during this time to take the entire territory of Germany. Well, so what? Yes, the USSR could not then create the GDR and possibly install Stalinism in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Albania. But these imperial merrymaking Stalin our people there is no point. But on the other hand we would have saved the lives of about half a million of our soldiers who were killed in the last months of the war (especially the bloody storming of Berlin turned out). Put it this way: suppose that Stirlitz learns that a separate peace in Bern would save the life of one and a half million of his countrymen, the Soviet soldiers. And he must then do? Select the end of the war - or to choose death of 1, 5 million countrymen, carrying the imperial mission of the Center? Here the question of morality: whether it is possible to achieve the Kremlin some illusory foreign policy of bonuses on the map of Europe - to pay half a million of its people's lives? And because Yulian Semyonov Stirlitz draws an image as a liberal ( "we all believe in the SD Shtirlitsa liberal"), he would probably have chosen a separate peace, and salvation 1, 5 million compatriots. For even a stray dog ​​spares and feeds. As for the negative attitude to the fact of separate negotiations with Germany, that such an attitude is absurd, because the USSR itself during the Great Patriotic War are constantly conducted separate negotiations. Moreover, the USSR was the initiator at the beginning of the war, when suffered defeats and then the initiator was Berlin. Have repeatedly by the Bulgarian ambassadors in 1941, Stalin and his Politburo offered Hitler a separate peace, which is a well-known head of the SMERSH evidence Sudoplatova Paul (in person at the request of Beria seized of the matter) and Zhukov. The summer of 1941 (the decision of the Politburo 28 June) Stalin offered Hitler the Baltic states, Moldova and part of the other republics (the negotiations through the Bulgarian Ambassador Ivan Stamenov led Sudoplatov), ​​and in October, writes in his memoirs Zhukov, Stalin was prepared to give Hitler as part of a separate peace - already Belarus and Ukraine. Explaining that Lenin signed once with Germany separate peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk, gave the Germans the country. Like, once given - which would once again do not give Belarusians and Ukrainians for the existence of their state?

It is significant that "peace initiatives" in Moscow were carried out after the signing in July 1941 of the USSR and the UK agreement on joint action in the war against Germany. Hitler did not received these Soviet peace proposals, although many German politicians (especially in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -. Ribbentrop and others) believed this failure error. In 1942, Hitler again not listening Ribbentrop on the background of victories on the Volga, although he insists on concluding a separate peace with the Soviet Union. And in 1943-44. already Germany itself (including through the mediation of Italy and Japan, are extremely interested in this world) seeking a separate peace with the Soviet Union. To view Ribbentrop about the need for peace with the Soviet Union, even Joseph Goebbels joined in 1943. And Hitler occasionally agrees to negotiate, but then abandons them, and then again returns to them. In April 1943 in Berlin through Tokyo comes the information that Moscow is ready to separate negotiations on the terms set out in the preliminary discussions. Among them: a return to the borders of the USSR and Germany in 1939; Autonomy (State) of Ukraine; Odessa's status as a free port; Middle East (excluding Turkey) becomes a Soviet sphere of influence, and India - the joint Soviet-Japanese. By adopting the world under such conditions, according to Japanese reports, they were inclined not only Stalin but also Beria and Zhukov. But after the victory at the Kursk Bulge Stalin freeze negotiations over the Japanese. In addition to "Japanese channel" active talks in Moscow with the Nazis during this time (since December 1942) were conducted in Stockholm - a very high level: they were between the head of the Soviet Embassy in Sweden A. Kollontai and the head of the German Embassy Thompson. In the summer of 1943 he joined them a senior diplomat in Moscow Alexandrov and former Soviet Ambassador to Germany Vladimir Dekanozov. After the victory in the Kursk Bulge Moscow after some time returned to the talks in late 1943 and in 1944, but it has other new terms. At the meeting, the emissaries of the Soviet Union and Germany in Stockholm, the Kremlin's goal of negotiations is no longer a limit of 1939, and the Russian-German border in 1914, the power of the Black Sea straits, etc. Again, the talks broke down due to a number of reasons, chief among them -. Modifications at the front, the situation . All this refutes filed in a film idea that conducting separate negotiations with the enemy - something bad. In fact, it is not "a bad thing", and a mandatory attribute of conducting any war as primarily a preparation for its possible states, the parties in the course of military operations will drop in stalemate condition (Front will stand for many months at a situation where the opponents are equal confidence and will not be able to push this equality is valid). Here also will need diplomats with their versions of the world. Moreover, this "stalemate state" can sometimes occur not only because of the equality of forces, but many have narrow political reasons. And so every belligerent country should at every moment of the war mean the theoretical possibility of a peace agreement, because every war is not eternal, and the world ends, and diplomats during the war and are engaged on the basis of changing political realities, the question of the world - as a "back door" for waging war politicians. And take advantage of this policy, "exit" or not - it is up to them. By the way, the meaning of the work of diplomats - is to negotiate, solve all peacefully. Yulian Semyonov that right confers Soviet diplomats, but takes it from Western diplomats. But the reason is transparent - a common envy: Dulles and Wolff negotiated the surrender of German forces in Italy, but such offers of surrender German forces in different parts of Europe occupied by the Soviet Union, the Kremlin has been reported. Because the Bolsheviks were all afraid, and sought it is better to be occupied by Western troops than Stalin's commissars. Here lies the main thing: why the Germans were ready to willingly surrender to the Americans, the British and the French, but did not want to panic the Soviet occupation? Yulian Semyonov this critical issue in 1945 bypasses. As bypasses and the glaring fact that the Berlin Wall was erected by the occupation authorities to separate the Soviet zone in Berlin from the other three (French, English and American) - and therefore has been erected, the Germans (including themselves border guards) massively fled to the occupied allies territory from the territory occupied by the USSR. And on the other side to us no one escaped. No German. And who are all in their right mind can run here, where previously ran the whole Russian intelligentsia and the cream of the Russian nation? But the Berlin Wall itself - this is the answer to Julian Semenov in his demagogy about "the absurdity of the fears of the Germans to the Soviet occupation." If these fears were only an illusion, the work of anti-Soviet propaganda, then why create against the "illusions" very real Berlin Wall?

The fact of its subsequent appearance and the fact that the flight of hundreds of thousands of Germans from East Germany to West Germany - show that Wolff and Dulles were right in at least one - in opposition to the peoples of Europe, including the German people, the Soviet system, which will be introduced during the Soviet occupation. Which, incidentally, it does not seem offensive to the realities of the war of 1812 and the First World War, where the attitude towards Russia, a member of the European countries the army was quite different - it then no one was afraid her all sympathetic. This is confirmed by the practice: almost all "liberated" countries of "people's democracy" national uprising broke out, which brutally suppressed the USSR. Although there was no revolt against the occupying Western forces in the zone of occupation in Europe. As a result, the President of the Czech Republic in its accession to NATO with relief tells people that "More than any Soviet tank will not appear on the streets of Prague" (though - note, that the Soviet tanks Czech Republic was freed from Nazi Germany), and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria sincerely weeps happiness, when the flag is raised for the first time among the other flags of the NATO countries. Everything would have been different if the Soviet troops liberated from fascism in Europe's neighbors, together back to back in the USSR, allowing the peoples to determine their own future in the framework of Liberty. In this version of history Moscow, these countries would be considered a faithful ally, which are required to the grave. And all these Eastern European countries would be sincerely attached to Russia today, feeling she owes. Or am I wrong?

12. Iron Cross SHTIRLITSA

"17 Moments of Spring" - is, of course, full of unhistorical fiction. It is this its fantastic movie and loved the people. Obvious to all the most important question: if Stirlitz only does that disrupts all SD and SS plans (tear destruction of Krakow released from prison German physicists and so forth.), Then how on earth it was promoted to the rank of SS standartenfuehrer (ie Colonel)? For what are the merits? Or increased in the service just for his failures in the work? The peculiarity of the situation is that Stirlitz not impersonating SS veteran (not mishandled intelligence with fake SS documents, such as in the film "The Shield and the Sword"), namely himself promoted to his rank, their work for the benefit of Germany, it has extracted. Besides Adolf Hitler personally handed him the Iron Cross (the analogue of "Hero of the Soviet Union") - which anyone anyhow not give. It is clear that the SS Standartenfiihrer can only become the most notorious Nazi and a scoundrel, whose hands are stained with blood. And if there is a veteran of the SS and the Iron Cross - it's all complete rubbish. And it turns out that under the guise of this geek all these years hiding Soviet spy. Who competed for years in his career with hundreds of other Nazis, at least willing to move up the career ladder and demonstrate in practice its Nazism. It is absolutely impossible - to make a career in the SS, almost rising to General (Brigadeführer SS), but be privy to the SS crimes. Yes, the history of intelligence knows examples when traitors became colonel of intelligence. But they have been recruited already passed before the title of the ladder, being in the career fair and ardent patriots of their country. And here Yulian Semyonov invents unheard of: Maxim Isaev in 1933 is included in the ranks of the NSDAP, the SS comes into the ranks, dosluzhivaetsya to colonel, receiving from the hands of Hitler's Nazis' highest award - the Iron Cross. For what Hitler presents this award Stirlitz - Semenov prudently silent, for here his imagination already powerless: it is not the order of "Friendship of peoples", as a reward for Nazi crimes. And clarify the open truth, and Stirlitz something - Nazi. If the random bomb killed Schellenberg, the Stirlitz (most promising officer, and "pet" manual) would automatically take his general's office, entering into diabetes management device. A little more zeal - and would take place or Kaltenbrunner, you see, and most of the Reichsfuehrer SS Himmler. As I wrote above, it is already in its place in the Reich is not a scout, and one of the leaders of the fascist state. And here's the situation: on the Nuremberg Tribunal to stand trial as an Shtirlitsa General SS and SD leader, and he is recognized stunned allies - yes, I own, I have a Soviet spy! We have to let go.

And since not alone exploration of the USSR has been active, but Allied intelligence did not dally, then after that it turns out that Muller - Scout England, Goebbels - US intelligence, Borman - French spy, and the Adolf Hitler - is recruited by an agent in New Zealand secret service . The Tribunal must be closed in the absence of the defendants themselves ...

So the whole history of the Second World War to feed Juliana Semenova turns into an anecdote.