Schulz & Schulz (1989)

Name: Schulz & Schulz
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Michael Elphick

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.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (47 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Michael Elphick Gerhard Schulz

Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

6.76 avg 5 episodes 7.5 → 6.9 93 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Schulz & Schulz	7.5	74
2	Aller Anfang ist schwer	6.2	24
3	Wechselspiele	7.2	19
4	Neue Welten - Alte Lasten	6.0	16
5	Fünf vor zwölf	6.9	16