James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me include the Bond girl Anya Amasova and her lover Sergei Borzov, as well as Colonel-General Nikitin, a character from Fleming's novel "From Russia, with Love" who has since become head of the KGB. Other differences include the villain, Karl Stromberg, instead being named as Sigmund Stromberg. The change of Stromberg's given name, as well as the existence of SMERSH, may be in some way due to the controversy over "Thunderball", in which Kevin McClory was made aware of certain plot points of the film "The Spy Who Loved Me". At one point the villain of the film was to be
Stromberg (TV series) of "Bernd Stromberg" by German dictionary publishing company Langenscheidt shortly before the third season.<ref name="Chef - Deutsch / Deutsch - Chef. Klartext am Arbeitsplatz"></ref> The book is a bestseller in Germany and topped the non-fiction charts of Der Spiegel. In December 2011 one million Euro was collected with a crowd funding project to create a feature film of "Stromberg". Production was started in spring 2013, according to producer Ralf Husmann. The film was the highest-grossing film in Germany for its first two weeks of release. Stromberg (TV series) Stromberg () is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool