Stakes Larger Than Life (Polish title: Stawka wieksza niz zycie") is a very succesful Polish black & white Tv-series about the adventures of a secret agent, Hans Kloss. His from Poland, his real name is Stanislaw Kolicki, codename: J-23. Hans acts as a double agent in Abwehr during II World War in occupied Poland.
A true life story from the second world war.
Stanislaw was a double for the real German officer and was allowed to "escape" back to Germany and take the place of Hans Kloss in the Abwehr where he caused all sorts of trouble and made the Nazis suspect each other of being agents or traiters while never coming under serious suspicion himself. Eventually even gaining a promotion to Captain in the process. All the episodes are excellent and can be watched separately because the
plots are not interconnected.
The series was filmed since 1967 to 1968 and it had 18 episodes.
Directors: Janusz Morgenstern and Andrzej Konic, each directed 9 episodes. Main role: Stanislaw Mikulski as Hans Kloss (lieutenant, later captain Kloss/J-23). Running time: 45-90 min. Original channel: Polish Television. Stakes Larger Than Life became very popular also in other countries, especially in former Czechoslovakia
List of episodes:
01 Wiem, kim jestes - I know who you are
02 Hotel Excelsior - Hotel Excelsior
03 Scisle tajne - Top secret
04 Café Rose - Cafe Rose
05 Ostatnia szansa - The last chance
06 Zelazny Krzyz - Iron cross
07 Podwójny Nelson - Double Nelson
08 Wielka wsypa - Great mishap
09 Genialny plan pukownika Krafta - Great colonel`s Kraft`s plan
10 W imieniu Rzeczypospolitej - In the name of Rzeczypospolita
11 Haslo - Password
12 Zdrada - Betrayal
13 Bez instrukcji - Without instructions
14 Edyta - Edyta
15 Oblezenie - Siege
16 Akcja - "Lisc debu" - Action - "Lisc debu"
17 Spotkanie - Meeting
18 Poszukiwany Gruppenfuhrer Wolf - Wanted Gruppenführer Wolf
