''The Defence'' (also known as ''The Disappearance''; pl, Chyłka) is a Polish

crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

television series based on the ''Chyłka'' series by

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. It aired on

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and

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from 26 December 2018 to 4 January 2022.

Premise

In the village of Sajenek in

Augustów Augustów (; lt, Augustavas, formerly known in English as ''Augustovo'' or ''Augustowo'')" is a city in north-eastern Poland with 29,729 inhabitants as of December 2021. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the ...

, Angelika and Dawid Szlezyngier are horrified to find that their three-year-old daughter has gone missing. Since they are the prime suspects, Angelika contacts her old friend, Attorney Joanna Chyłka, to help defend them.

Cast

Main

Magdalena Cielecka Magdalena Cielecka (born 20 February 1972) is a Polish actress. Life and career Cielecka spent her childhood in the small town of Żarki-Letnisko. In 1995, she graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Teatralna in Kraków. Soon after, she jo ...

as Joanna Chyłka * Filip Pławiak as Kordian "Zordon" Oryński * Piotr Żurawski as "Kormak" *

Jakub Gierszał Jakub Gierszał (born 20 March 1988) is a Polish actor. His screen debut was in 2009, playing the role of Kazik in the film '' All that I love'' (Polish: Wszystko, co kocham). He later starred in the film '' Suicide Room'' (Polish: Sala Samobójc ...

as Piotr Langer Jr. *

Szymon Bobrowski Szymon Bobrowski (born 16 January 1972 in Konin, Poland) is a Polish actor. Acted in tens of cinema and TV films, as well as theatre plays. Filmography * Magda M. * Hania * S@motność w sieci *Na dobre i na złe * Operacja "Koza" * Serce na d� ...

as Artur Żelazny *

Ireneusz Czop Ireneusz is a Polish male given name that comes from the Greek ''eirenaios''. Ireneusz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ireneusz Ciurzyński, Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s *Ireneusz Jeleń (born 1981), ...

as Commissioner Szczerbiński

Recurring

Jacek Koman Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer. Early life Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, to actors Halina Koman (née Dobrowolska; born 3 January 1923) and Adam Koman (24 December 1922 – 1 December 2005), and ca ...

as Harry McVay * Olga Bołądź as Magda, Joanna's sister * Helena Zawistowska as Daria, Magda's daughter and Joanna's niece * Szymon Piotr Warszawski as Prosecutor Olgierd "Paderborn" Paderewski *

Cezary Pazura Cezary Andrzej Pazura (born 13 June 1962 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki) is a Polish actor known for his comedy roles in movies such as ''Kiler'', ''Chłopaki nie płaczą'', ''Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy'' and the sitcom '' 13 posterunek''. In addition to h ...

as Feliks * Piotr Stramowski as Adam Kosmowski * Katarzyna Warnke as Angelika Szlezyngier * Michał Żurawski as Dawid Szlezyngier *

Piotr Głowacki Piotr Głowacki (born 29 March 1980) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 2004. Awarded with the most prestigious prize for a young actor of his generation in 2014, Głowacki has since played in major Polish and internatio ...

as Prosecutor Zbigniew Aronowicz * Andrij Zhuravsky as Sakrat Tatrnikow *

Mirosław Baka Mirosław Michał Baka (born 15 December 1963 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) is a Polish actor. One of his best-known roles is Jacek in ''A Short Film About Killing'' (1988) directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. He also appeared in the comedy televis ...

as Antoni Ekiel * Mirosław Haniszewski as "Wito" * Artur Żmijewski as Piotr Langer Sr. * Jerzy Schejbal as Filip Obertał, Joanna and Magda's father * Maciej Mikołajczyk as Sergeant Jacek Satanowski * Milana Glinka as Nikola Szlezyngier * Katarzyna Hołtra as Monia * Agnieszka Czekańska as the judge *

Olgierd Łukaszewicz Olgierd Łukaszewicz (born 7 September 1946) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since his 1969 graduation from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków. Between 2002 and 2005, he was the President of ...

as "Siwowłosy" *

Marcin Bosak Marcin Bosak (born 9 September 1979 in Łódź) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than twenty-five films since 1995. Biography He was born and raised in Łódź. He has a younger sister, Anna, finalist of the You Can Dance: Po prostu tań ...

as Prosecutor Karol Rejchert *

Tomasz Schuchardt Tomasz Schuchardt (born 18 September 1986) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2007. Selected filmography References External links * 1986 births Living people Polish male film actors Polish film ac ...

as "Gorzym" * Cezary Łukaszewicz as Dr. Maciej Roske * Milena Suszyńska as Agnieszka Powirska * Wojciech Zieliński as Robert "Bukano" Horwat * Antoni Pawlicki as Krzysztof Piotrowski * Mariusz Bonaszewski as Lew Buchelt * Małgorzata Klara as Prosecutor Maria Zakierska * Marek Pyś as Miecio * Monika Pikuła as Maria Terpińska *

Jacek Poniedziałek Jacek Poniedziałek (born 6 August 1965, Kraków) is a Polish film, theatre and television actor as well as a theatre director and translator. Life and career He was born on 6 August 1965 in Kraków and grew up in the city's Olsza II District. ...

as Paweł Messer *

Cezary Kosiński Cezary Kosiński (born 8 April 1973) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1973 births Living people Polish male film actors {{Poland-actor-stub ...

as Judge Tatarek * Zbigniew Suszyński as Lipczyński, Przemka's father *

Adam Ferency Adam Ferency (born 5 October 1951) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1976. He starred in the 1990 film '' Burial of a Potato'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Can ...

as Tadeusz Tesarewicz *

Jan Englert Jan Aleksander Englert (born 11 May 1943) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1957. Since 2003 he has served as Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Warsaw, National Theatre in Warsaw. Biography In 1957 ...

as Prosecutor Bauman

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1: ''Zaginięcie''

Season 2: ''Kasacja''

Season 3: ''Rewizja''

Season 4: ''Inwigilacja''

Season 5: ''Oskarżenie''

Production

The series was filmed in

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as well as Augustów,

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

Suwałki Suwałki ( lt, Suvalkai; yi, סואוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centers of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Suwałki i ...

, and

Kolno Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw. It is the seat of Kolno County, and the seat of the smaller administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Kolno, but it is no ...

in the

Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship or Podlasie Province ( pl, Województwo podlaskie, ) is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. The name of the province and its territory correspond to the historic region of Podlachia. The capital and largest cit ...

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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