- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Mark Braxton
The concluding part of this eve-of-war drama based on the
Alan Furst bestseller starts with a bang. Our hero Colonel Mercier (David Tennant with romantic-hero hairdo) deals summarily with his hijackers but, in trying to unearth Germans military plans, his life is continually imperilled. The action flits between Czechoslovakia, Paris, Alsace and Warsaw as Mercier, parted from his beloved Anna (Janet Montgomery), takes ever-increasing risks.
It’s an impressively re-created 1938, and there are some amusing cameos, but despite being heavy on atmosphere Spies of Warsaw never quite ignites either as love story or espionage thriller. The one that got away, perhaps.
About this programme
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' two-part adaptation of Alan Furst's spy novel concludes. Jean-Francois Mercier's mission becomes all too dangerous when his cover is compromised while trying to unearth German military plans. After travelling to Czechoslovakia to find and question the elusive `Seagull', Mercier finds his superiors becoming increasingly frustrated with his risk-taking and lack of protocol. Anna Skarbek is devastated after she receives news about ex-lover Max Mostov and heads to Spain on mission of mercy for the League of Nations. Starring David Tennant and Janet Montgomery.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jean-Francois Mercier
- David Tennant
- Anna Skarbek
- Janet Montgomery
- Antoni Pakulski
- Marcin Dorocinski
- Olga Musser
- Ann Eleonora Jorgensen
- Jourdain
- Burn Gorman
- Mme Dupin
- Ellie Haddington
- Maxim Mostov
- Piotr Baumann
- Zoller
- Jan Pohl
- August Voss
- Rad Kaim
- Malka Rozen
- Linda Bassett
- Viktor Rozen
- Alan Corduner
- Helena Skarbek
- Tusse Silberg
- Dr Lapp
- Anton Lesser
- Col Lessard
- Richard Lintern
- Gen Beauvilliers
- Julian Glover
- Roddy Fitzware
- Richard Teversen
- Gabrielle
- Tuppence Middleton
- Marek
- Miroslaw Zbrojewicz
- Juliuis Halbach
- Adam Godley
- Franz
- Karol Kijanowski
- Trudl
- Mel Giedroyc
- Fur Hat
- Grzegorz Kowalczyk
- SS Sgt
- Sebastian Stegmann
- Johannes Elter
- Nicholas Murchie
- Armand
- Dan Fredenburgh
- Fernand
- Mark Lewis
- Duff Cooper
- Julian Harries
- Leszek
- Bogdan Koca
- Kosinski
- Mateusz Banasiuk
- Herschenson
- Andrew Sachs
- Secretary
- Karolina Porcari
- Official
- Klaudiusz Kaufmann
- Czech barman
- Ziggy Heath
- Singer in club
- Jessica Akpang
- Viktor's chess opponent
- Andrzej Walden
- Polish Soldier
- Rafal Zawierucha
- Gypsy girl
- Sonia Mietelica
- Bandit Leader
- Eugenij Malinowski
- Ukranian Bandit 1
- Michal Kosciuk
- Ukranian Bandit 2
- Grzegorz Klis
- Ukranian Bandit 3
- Jaroslaw Karpuk
- Ukranian Bandit 4
- Krzysztof Urbanowicz
- Ukranian Bandit 5
- Krzysztof Wnuk
Crew
- Writer
- Dick Clement
- Writer
- Ian La Frenais
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