Max Otto von Stierlitz. 45 years old, Light brown hair that swept back in a sophisticated manner, Blue iris, Aristocratic facial features. Stirlitz is a Soviet spy working undercover for the SS with the rank of Standartenfuhrer. Charming, Stirlitz is cold-blooded, intelligent and a natural born spy. He is very caring to those close to him, although during working hours he seems cold and aloof. The time period of events is the spring of 1945, Germany.