Private Schulz (1981)

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.

Private Schulz

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Michael Elphick
Michael Elphick
as Gerhard Schulz
Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson
as Major Neuheim as Gerald Melfort as Stanley Kemp
Cyril Shaps
Cyril Shaps
as Solly
Ronald Baddiley
Ronald Baddiley
as British Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
Billie Whitelaw
Billie Whitelaw
as Bertha Freyer
Terence Suffolk
Terence Suffolk
as Willy Schumacher
Walter Sparrow
Walter Sparrow
as Becker
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison
as Radio Announcer (voice) as Kruger
John Shrapnel
John Shrapnel
as German Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
David Swift
David Swift
as Professor Bodelschwingh
Ken Campbell
Ken Campbell
as Krauss
Mark Wingett
Mark Wingett
as Walter Schmidt
Darlene Johnson
Darlene Johnson
as Kitty
Trevor T. Smith
Trevor T. Smith
as Captain Ohm
Carl Davis
Carl Davis
as Pianist at Salon Kitty (uncredited)
Gawn Grainger
Gawn Grainger
as Adolf Hitler
Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark
as Fritsch
John Cording
John Cording
as Kube
Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Sturmer
John Judd
John Judd
as Warden
Pam St. Clement
Pam St. Clement
as Frau Bodelschwingh
Michael Barrington
Michael Barrington
as Sam Maynard
John J. Carney
John J. Carney
as Joe
Eric Carte
Eric Carte
as Barnes
Caroline Blakiston
Caroline Blakiston
as Countess
Derek Newark
Derek Newark
as Publican
Fanny Carby
Fanny Carby
as Publican's Wife
Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska
as Gertrude Steiner
Derek Martin
Derek Martin
as Gruber
John Moffatt
John Moffatt
as Kaltenbrunner
John Savident
John Savident
as Globke
Michael Denison
Michael Denison
as Browne
Ray Hassett
Ray Hassett
as Lieutenant Tom Carson
Jack Soutar
Jack Soutar
as Guard
Ian Patrick
Ian Patrick
as Guard
Billy Murray
Billy Murray
as Fred
Declan Mulholland
Declan Mulholland
as Harry
Roger Lloyd Pack
Roger Lloyd Pack
as Melvin
Eve Bland
Eve Bland
as Daisy
Nancy Nevinson
Nancy Nevinson
as Frau Ehrlich
Howard Goorney
Howard Goorney
as Pawnbroker
Tony Caunter
Tony Caunter
as Prison Warder
Robert Cartland
Robert Cartland
as Man at Bus Stop
Richard Coleman
Richard Coleman
as Policeman
John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger
as American Newsreel Commentator (voice, uncredited)
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Private schulz and operation bernard

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Part one

  • 1x2

    Part two

  • 1x3

    Part three

  • 1x4

    Part four

  • 1x5

    Part five

  • 1x6

    Part six

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