Seventeen Moments of Spring

Julian Semenovich Semenov - Russian writer, historian, poet, journalist, author of the cult novel about Stirlice, legendary Soviet intelligence. Max Otto Von Stirlitz (Colonel Maxim Maksimovich Isaev) won the love of millions of readers and became a truly popular hero. Anecdotes tell about him and continue to argue about his prototypes. For many years, Julian Semenov received letters from readers with the address on the envelope: "Moscow, Union of Writers, Semenov for Isaeva-Stirlitz. Different people, different ages, nationalities, tastes, recalled Semenov, asked to give the address of Maxim Maksimovich Isaev to start a correspondence with him. The novel "Seventeen Moments of Spring" was published in 1970, and after three years his film was held, the scenario was also written by Julian Semenov. Telefilm had a deafening success and to this day remains a hit of Russian cinema