Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe story of Shell, one of several spy networks operating in Portugal during the Second World War. Directed by the British who operated in Portugal between 1941 and 1942, it had a plan to destroy infrastructures and act as a counterintelligence unit in case the country was invaded by the Germans.
Production
Authentic 1940s Lisbon atmosphere, meticulously recreated
Acting
Daniela Ruah anchors with quiet, calculated intensity
Writing
Based on actual declassified British spy operations
Creator
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Daniela Ruah
Maria João Mascarenhas
Luís Filipe Eusébio
Paulo Santos
Miguel Frazão
Carlos
Maria João Bastos
Rose Lawson
Diogo Morgado
Siegfried Brenner
Adriano Carvalho
Wilhelm Larenz
Marco D'Almeida
Richard Thompson
António Capelo
Nicolau Mascarenhas
Pedro Lamares
Major Jack Beevor
Miro Magariños
Manoel García
Sisley Dias
Cândido de Oliveira
Afonso Lagarto
Roberto Moisés Silva
Adriano Luz
Agostinho Lourenço
Patrícia Tavares
Alice
Xosé Barato
Emílio Riquelme
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Shell network was led by British SOE agents who recruited Portuguese civilians, including women, at a time when female operatives were rare.
This is one of few Portuguese productions to dramatize WWII espionage, filling a massive gap in how neutral countries experienced the war.
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