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Private Schulz

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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.

Created by
Jack Pulman
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Episode length
~50m
First aired
May 6, 1981
Networks
BBC One
Original language
English
Origin
Australia, United Kingdom

Cast of Private Schulz

  • Portrait of Michael Elphick

    Michael Elphick

    Gerhard Schulz

Seasons

  • Specials

    Air date unknown

    1 episode

  • Miniseries

    May 6, 1981

    6 episodes

    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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