Episode 2
Espionage thriller. Mercier goes undercover to Czechoslovakia on the trail of the elusive Chaika, a man who can lead him into the heart of the Nazi war machine.
Classic tale of spying, intrigue and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst.
Warsaw 1938. French military attache Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier is also a spy on a mission, one which takes him undercover to Czechoslovakia on the trail of the elusive Chaika, a man who can lead him into the heart of the Nazi war machine.
Back in Warsaw, his erstwhile mistress Anna Skarbek is devastated by news of her ex-lover and political refugee and journalist Max Mostov. Heartbroken, she flees to Spain on a League of Nations mission of mercy.
As the Nazi storm clouds gather over Europe, dashing Polish Colonel Anton Pakulski undertakes his own mission, a mission that goes to the heart of protecting the very future of Poland itself.
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Mercier is interrogated
Duration: 01:44
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Coky Giedroyc |
| Producer | Richard Fell |
| Executive Producer | Richard Fell |
| Writer | Dick Clement |
| Writer | Ian La Frenais |
| 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 | Allan Corduner |
| Helena Skarbek | Tusse Silberg |
| Doctor Lapp | Anton Lesser |
| Colonel Lessard | Richard Lintern |
| General Beauvilliers | Julian Glover |
| Roddy Fitzware | Richard Teverson |
| Gabrielle | Tuppence Middleton |
| Marek | Miroslaw Zbrojewicz |
| Secretary | Karolina Dafne Porcari |
| Fur Hat | Grzegorz Kowalczyk |
| Czech Barman | Ziggy Heath |
| Julius Halbach | Adam Godley |
| Franz | Karol Kijanowski |
| Official | Klaudiusz Kaufmann |
| Trudi | Mel Giedroyc |
| SS Sergeant | Sebastian Stegmann |
| Johannes Elter | Nicholas Murchie |
| Singer in club | Jessica Akpang |
| Armand | Dan Fredenburgh |
| Viktor's Chess Opponent | Andrzej Walden |
| Fernand | Mark Lewis |
| Duff Cooper | Julian Harries |
| Leszek | Bogdan Koca |
| Kosinski | Mateusz Banasiuk |
| Herschenson | Andrew Sachs |
| Polish Soldier | Rafal Zawierucha |
| Gypsy Girl | Sonia Mietielica |
| Bandit Leader | Eugeniusz Malinowski |
| Ukranian Bandit | Michal Kosciuk |
| Ukranian Bandit | Grzegorz Klis |
| Ukranian Bandit | Jaroslaw Karpuk |
| Ukranian Bandit | Krzysztof Urbanowicz |
| Ukranian Bandit | Krzysztof Wnuk |
