All episodes of Spies of Warsaw. (268) IMDb 6.8 2013 TV-14. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. [3], The Telegraph liked the series for many features: appropriateness for "intergenerational shared viewing, never... too visually brutal, and the playing of the minor characters... was convincingly understated". David Tennant plays Mercier, a French spy working closely with the Polish to discover German invasion plans for both Poland and his own country. 2013 16+ David Tennant and Janet Montgomery star in this adaptation of Alan Furst's celebrated spy novel set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. SPIES OF WARSAW is based on Alan Furst’s acclaimed novel and adapted by Emmy-winning writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It’s set in 1937 Poland, and Germany is quietly amassing troops outside the border. [4] As in other Alan Furst novels, the fictional Parisian restaurant Brasserie Heininger serves as one of the settings for dialogue.[5]. [7], The New York Times found the series "enjoyable, straightforward espionage tale without a lot of twists or extra layers". David Tennant and Janet Montgomery star in this adaptation of Alan Furst's celebrated spy novel set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. Spies of Warsaw. Not available. [2] The two-part drama received some positive reviews in the UK, especially for the script and acting,[3] although The Guardian described it as "pallid as much of the washed-out photography". A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. The Spies of Warsaw is a 2008 spy novel by Alan Furst about espionage involving the major nations shortly before World War II competing for influence and control over the future of Poland. David Tennant and Janet Montgomery star in this adaptation of Alan Furst's celebrated spy novel set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. It had everything. A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. Mercier, a cavalry officer, fought with the Poles to beat back the Soviets and winds up being posted to Warsaw as a military attache. Undeclared war is … Warsaw. Information will be exchanged for money. There are four episodes, which have also aired as a two-part series. Spies of Warsaw is a British television series in which a Deuxième Bureau intelligence agent (spy) poses as a military attaché at the French embassy in Warsaw, and finds himself drawn into the outbreak of World War II. [4] The Guardian complained: "It should have been the perfect spy thriller. [1], Rotten Tomatoes rated the television series 64% from critics and 50% from average audience. Except tension". Spies of Warsaw is a classic tale of espionage, chockablock with secret agents peering up one another's skirts (often quite literally). Creators: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais. [5], New York Times deemed the series "true to the original in story and in spirit",[2] Slate as an engrossing, if slow-moving drama"[6] and the Boston Globe saying "a strangely bloodless affair". The book was adapted for television in 2013, with the title Spies of Warsaw, a co-production of TVP1, BBC Four, BBC America, and ARTE, and premiered in January in the United Kingdom and in April in the United States. 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