Max Otto von Stierlitz is the lead character in a Russian book series written in the 1960s by Yulian Semyonov, and the television adaptation Seventeen Moments of Spring as well as feature films and a number of sequels and prequels. Other actors portrayed Stierlitz in several other films. Stierlitz has become a stereotypical spy in Soviet and post-Soviet culture, similar to James Bond in Western culture. American historian Erik Jens has described Stierlitz as the "most popular and venerable hero of Russian spy fiction".
- Occupation
- spy
- Citizenship
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Nazi Germany
- Born
- October 8, 1900
