Hermann Brunner
-Sturmbannführer Herman Brunner is a recurrent supporting character from the Polish popular TV series More Than Life at Stake. He is played by Emil Karewicz.Biography
A Sicherheitsdienst officer in occupied Poland during World War II, Brunner is a ruthless Nazi official, who sometimes works with main character, Lieutenant Hans Kloss of Abwehr, who is really Major Stanislaw Kolicki of Polish intelligence. Brunner looks after his own interests and is not a fanatic.. 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, Brunner in part was a likeable character, due to his rascal-like sense of humor, and his lack of obvious involvement in violence on screen.
Many of Brunner's lines in the series are still widely known and quoted in Poland, for example:
- I hate to watch a man being beaten... unless I am beating him myself.
- Hello Hans, I knew I would find you here.
- Remember I'm always your friend, Hans.
- Brunner senses women and alcohol from a kilometer away.
