Starring
Michael ElphickIan RichardsonCyril ShapsBillie WhitelawTerence SuffolkWalter Sparrow
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
Private Schulz Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
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About
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.
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Miniseries1981
8.27565h 10m
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.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 8.2 | 16 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 8.4 | 12 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 8.3 | 11 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 8.0 | 12 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 8.3 | 11 | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | 8.3 | 13 | 53 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Michael Elphick Private Gerhard Schulz
Ian Richardson Major Neuheim, Gerald Melfort, Stanley Kemp
Cyril Shaps Solly
Billie Whitelaw Bertha Freyer
Terence Suffolk Willy Schumacher
Walter Sparrow Becker
Alla Sharova Violinist
Clive Merrison Radio Announcer, Kruger
David Swift Professor Bodelschwingh
Ken Campbell Krauss
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