As a long-time fan of Alan Furst's many outstanding novels of spies, saboteurs, dangerous liaisons and doomed lovers in pre-war and World War II Europe, I often asked myself the question, "why has none of these excellent historical novels ever been made into a movie or TV series?".
Spies of Warsaw, which came out in 2013 on BBC, based on the 2008 Alan Furst novel of the same name, appears to be the first (and only) such effort. It features David Tennant (the fine Scottish actor we’ve seen in several other British TV shows recently) playing the leading man role of a French military attaché and intelligence officer in Warsaw in 1937 and 1938.
Our hero is trying to uncover the Nazis' plans and tactics for invasion, and convince his dull-witted superiors in Paris of the threat of a German tank end-run around the Maginot line and through the Ardennes.
At the same time, he is also falling in love, and in and out of several beds, while setting up a dangerous spy operation in the heart of the German government. A very enjoyable 4-part series, and an admirable job of translating Alan Furst to television by BBC. Recommended.
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