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Private Schulz is a 1981 BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role and Ian Richardson playing various parts. Other notable actors included Tony Caunter, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Murray and Mark Wingett. It was shown on Masterpiece Theatre in the ...
Private Schulz: With Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Cyril Shaps, Billie Whitelaw. The Time - WWII, the place - Germany. The Germans have a plan to destroy the British economy by flooding the country with forged £5 notes.
- (448)
- 1981-05-06
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Cyril Shaps
All episodes of Private Schulz. Episode 5. 5 / 6 After two years of hard labour Schulz is reunited with Solly and the rest of the forgers.
The comic misadventures of Private Schulz, an easy-going conman who, after being drafted into the SS, instigates a plan to forge five pound notes, ostensibly to destabilise the British economy, but really to make himself rich. Show full synopsis. Jack Pulman's posthumously produced comedy serial is firmly in the picaresque mould, depicting the ...
- Robert Chetwyn
- BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Philip Hinchcliffe
- Jack Pulman
Sep 20, 2020 · Private Schulz is just superb, one of the very best comedy dramas of the 1980’s. Fantastic all round, brilliant, witty, clever dialogue, stand out performances especially from the always brilliant Richardson and Michael Elphick in the lead and with elements of high farce amongst the drama.
Feb 18, 2020 · As it is, Private Schulz is very, very funny, in spite - or perhaps because - of it being played absolutely straight by an upmarket dramatic cast. Michael Elphick is the eponymous Schulz - a name that has connotations similar to the British "Tommy Atkins" and the American "GI Joe" - a low grade criminal and reluctant conscript who finds himself at the heart of the project.
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Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role and Ian Richardson playing various parts. Other notable actors included Tony Caunter, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Murray and Mark Wingett. Over six one-hour episodes, it tells the story of a German fraudster and petty criminal who is ...
