Hermann Brunner
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SS
-Sturmbannführer
Herman Brunner is a recurrent supporting character from the Polish
popular TV series More Than Life at Stake
(Stawka większa niż życie). He is played by Emil Karewicz
.
(sometimes incorrectly linked to Gestapo
) officer in an occupied
Poland
during World War II
, Brunner is a ruthless Nazi official, who sometimes worked with main character, Lieutenant
(later Captain) Hans Kloss of Abwehr
, who is really Major
of Polish intelligence. Brunner particularly minded his own interest and is not a fanatic. (Near end of the war he tried to kidnap a renowned German professor, a specialist in rocket technology, in order to sell him to the western allies in exchange for safety and other benefits). Nothing is known about his background.
Although he appeared in just 5 of 18 episodes, Brunner became as popular a character as Kloss, sometimes even more popular. Despite his multiple sinister acts (along with work in a repressive aparat, he also was involved in an armed robbery, which left the wife of a high ranking NSDAP official dead), Brunner in part was a likeable character, due to his rascal-like sense of humor, and lack of obvious involvement in violence on screen.
Many of Brunner's lines in a series still are still widely known and quoted in Poland, for example:
Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
-Sturmbannführer
Sturmbannführer
Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party equivalent to major, used both in the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel...
Herman Brunner is a recurrent supporting character from the Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
popular TV series More Than Life at Stake
Stawka wieksza niz zycie
Stawka większa niż życie is a very successful cult Polish black and white TV series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss , who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.The series was...
(Stawka większa niż życie). He is played by Emil Karewicz
Emil Karewicz
Emil Karewicz is a Polish television and cinema actor.-External links:...
.
Biography
A SicherheitsdienstSicherheitsdienst
Sicherheitsdienst , full title Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS, or SD, was the intelligence agency of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. The organization was the first Nazi Party intelligence organization to be established and was often considered a "sister organization" with the...
(sometimes incorrectly linked to Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
) officer in an occupied
General Government
The General Government was an area of Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule during World War II; designated as a separate region of the Third Reich between 1939–1945...
Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Brunner is a ruthless Nazi official, who sometimes worked with main character, Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
(later Captain) Hans Kloss of Abwehr
Abwehr
The Abwehr was a German military intelligence organisation from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's post-World War I intelligence activities be for "defensive" purposes only...
, who is really Major
Major
Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
of Polish intelligence. Brunner particularly minded his own interest and is not a fanatic. (Near end of the war he tried to kidnap a renowned German professor, a specialist in rocket technology, in order to sell him to the western allies in exchange for safety and other benefits). Nothing is known about his background.
Although he appeared in just 5 of 18 episodes, Brunner became as popular a character as Kloss, sometimes even more popular. Despite his multiple sinister acts (along with work in a repressive aparat, he also was involved in an armed robbery, which left the wife of a high ranking NSDAP official dead), Brunner in part was a likeable character, due to his rascal-like sense of humor, and lack of obvious involvement in violence on screen.
Many of Brunner's lines in a series still are still widely known and quoted in Poland, for example:
- I hate the view of a man being beaten... unless I am giving the beating myself
- Hello Hans, I knew I'll find you here
- Remember I'm always your friend, Hans
- Brunner senses women and alcohol kilometer in a distance