''True Law'' (original title: ''Prawo Agaty'') is a Polish

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directed by Maciej Migas and featuring

Agnieszka Dygant Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish actress. She is a two-time Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress. Biography She studied at the LVI Liceum Ogólnokształcące named after Leon Kruczkowski in Warsaw. In her teenage ...

as the title character, Agata Przybysz. It premiered on

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on 4 March 2012. The plot is set in

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Plot

The series tells the story of Agata Przybysz (

), coming from Bydgoszcz an over-thirty director of law section in a big insurance company, who loses her job as effect of some unpleasant events. Now she has to build her career life and private life from the beginning. Her friend, Dorota ( Daria Widawska), offers her to launch a set of chambers together. For Agata, it is the brand new experience. The cases, people and their problems, that she faces in her new job, differ from the insurance cases she was used to.

Cast

as Agata Przybysz * Daria Widawska as Dorota, Agata's friend *

Tomasz Karolak Tomasz Karolak (born Karolak Tomasz Pawel on 21 June 1971 in Radom, Poland) is a Polish actor. Biography He was born in Radom, where his parents – Hanna and Andrzej Karolak – were officers of the Polish People's Army during the Polish Peopl ...

as Wojciech, Dorota's husband *

Leszek Lichota Leszek Lichota (born 17 August 1977, Wałbrzych, Poland) is a Polish actor, best known for playing Grzegorz in Polish soap opera ''Na Wspólnej''. Life and career In 2002, he graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and sta ...

as Dębski *

Małgorzata Kożuchowska Małgorzata Dorota Kożuchowska (born April 27, 1971) is a Polish actress and TV presenter. She is best known as Hanna Mostowiak in the very popular Polish television series, ''M jak miłość'', Ewa Szańska in the movies ''Kiler'' and '' Kiler- ...

as prosecutor Maria Okońska *

Marian Opania Marian Opania (, born 1 February 1943) is a Polish film actor and singer. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1965. Biography He was born on 1 February 1943 in Puławy as the second son of Julian and Jadwiga. His father was a forester ...

as Agata's father * Michał Mikołajczak as Bartek Janowski, Agata's assistant

Ratings

''True Law'' premiered on

on 4 March 2012 at 8:00 p.m. with two back-to-back episodes which attracted the audience of 3.57 million viewers with the share of 20.84%. In group "16-49" ''True Law'' reached share of 23.04% and was watched by 1.84 million viewers. It was the 14th most watched program of the weekend.

International broadcast

Following the success in Poland, broadcast rights have been sold abroad. In Russia, the series airs under the local title ''Правосудие Агаты'' on Много ТВ. In Montenegro, two complete series have been broadcast on

TV Vijesti Televizija Vijesti is a national broadcaster in Montenegro. It is based in Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ( ...

after premiere on 9 June 2014 under title ''Agatino pravo''.

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