''The Woods'' ( pl, W głębi lasu, italic=yes) is a Polish

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thriller television miniseries, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by

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. The series premiered on

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on 12 June 2020. It is the second Polish-language series produced for Netflix, after ''

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''.

Synopsis

The story unfolds in two different time periods: August 1994 and September 2019. In 2019, Warsaw prosecutor Paweł Kopiński is called upon to identify the body of a murder victim who was found with newspaper clippings about him. The murder seems to be linked to the August 1994 summer camp where Paweł was a chaperone, during which two people were murdered and two others—including his sister Kamila—went missing without a trace.

Cast

Main

Grzegorz Damięcki Grzegorz Damięcki (born 15 November 1967) is a Polish theatre, television, and film actor from Warsaw best known to international audiences for his role in the Netflix series '' The Woods''. Biography Early life Born in Warsaw, Grzegorz Damię ...

as Paweł Kopiński (2019) *

Agnieszka Grochowska Agnieszka Grochowska (born 31 December 1979) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life She was born on 31 December 1979 in Warsaw. She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in 2002. In 2003, she started working at the ...

as Laura Goldsztajn (2019) * Hubert Miłkowski as Paweł Kopiński (1994) * Wiktoria Filus as Laura Goldsztajn (1994) *

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 Dawid Goldsztajn * Ewa Skibińska as Natalia Kopińska * Magdalena Czerwińska as Małgorzata Tatarczuk *

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 Cann ...

as Policeman in charge of the case in 1994 * Przemysław Bluszcz as Bogdan Perkowski *

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as Chief Prosecutor Herman * Izabela Dąbrowska as Bożena Perkowska

Recurring

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 Inspector Kosiński *

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 Krzysztof Dunaj-Szafrański *

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as Inspector Maciej Jork *

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as Artur Perkowski *

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as Daniel Kotler *

Martyna Byczkowska Martyna Byczkowska (born 26 November 1995) is a Polish actress. Biography Martyna Byczkowska was born in Gdynia and grew up in Gdańsk and Kartuzy. She moved to Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, a ...

as Kamila Kopińska *

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as Monika Sowik *

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as Wojciech Malczak

Episodes

Production

In August 2018, Netflix signed a five-year contract to adapt fourteen crime novels by

. In December 2019,

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announced that it had wrapped up filming of the series and that it would be released on

in 2020. ''The Woods'' is the second Polish-language series made for the streaming platform and the fourth Netflix production created by Coben, following '' The Five'', ''

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'', and '' The Stranger''.

References

External links

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