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Private Schulz

Private Schulz

5,3 /10 (6 Votes)
1981 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

Private Schulz is a six-part 1981 television comedy-drama serial written by Jack Pulman and produced for BBC Two. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role, with Ian Richardson, Tony Caunter, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Murray, and Mark Wingett. Set primarily in Germany, during and immediately following World War II, fraudster and petty criminal Gerhard Schulz is forced to serve in the SS. In a story based on the real, though unrealised, plot by the Germans known as Operation Bernhard, Schulz tricks the Nazis into making counterfeit British £5 notes, millions of which will be used to destroy the British economy.

First air date

06/05/1981

Votes

6

Popularity

1.6

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Created by

Jack Pulman

Networks

BBC One

Language

EN

Last air date

1981-06-10

Episodes

6

Episode runtime

50 min

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Specials

1 episodes

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Miniseries

6 episodes • 1981

Set primarily in Germany, during and immediately following World War II, fraudster and petty criminal Gerhard Schulz is …

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