''The Border'' (
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
: ''Wataha'') is a Polish crime series airing on
HBO Poland
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from 12 October 2014.
Cast
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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 Wiktor Rebrow
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Aleksandra Popławska
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
as Iga Dobosz
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Andrzej Zieliński as Konrad Markowski
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Bartłomiej Topa
Bartłomiej Topa (born 26 May 1967, Nowy Targ, Poland
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as Adam "Grzywa" Grzywaczewski
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Magdalena Popławska as Natalia Tatarkiewicz
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Dagmara Bąk as Aga Małek
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Jarosław Boberek
Jarosław Boberek (born 14 June 1963) is a Polish actor. He is the most popular voice actor in Poland for dubbing Donald Duck as well as King Julien in the Madagascar movies.
Private life
He is married to Ilona Kucińska, They have two sons, nam ...
as Wojciech Świtalski
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Maciej Mikołajczyk as Piotr "Rambo" Wójcik
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Jacek Lenartowicz as Michał Łuczak
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Mariusz Saniternik Mariusz is a Slavic-language masculine name, and may refer to:
*Mariusz Czerkawski (b. 1972), Polish ice hockey player
* Mariusz Duda (b. 1975), Polish musician
*Mariusz Fyrstenberg (b. 1980), Polish tennis player
* Mariusz Jędra
*Mariusz Jop
*Mari ...
as Kalita
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Jacek Beler as Cinek
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Julia Pogrebińska as Ewa Wityńska
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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 Robert Korda
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Piotr Dąbrowski as Rebrow
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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 Krzysztof Halman
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Anita Jancia as Marta Siwa
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Anna Donchenko as Alsu Karimowa
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Żora Liścienko as Halid
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Piotr Żurawski as Sylwester Wiśniak
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Borys Połunin as Cień
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Marek Kalita
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* Marek (given name)
* Marek (surname)
* Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944)
* The titl ...
as Igi Dobosz
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Weronika Humaj as Joanna Zięba
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Piotr Chlewicki as Aziukiewicz
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Michał Kaleta as Igi Dobosz
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Matylda Damięcka as Boczarska's guardian
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Karol Bernacki as the guardian of "Sema"
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Filip Gurłacz as Marcin Gauza
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Robert Wabich
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as Waldek
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Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik as Krystyna
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Helena Norowicz as Helena
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Artur Janusiak as Tomek
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Dariusz Siastacz as the deputy minister
Episodes
Production
The filming of the first season took place between September and December 2013 in
Bieszczady, a mountain range in the
Carpathians
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. The second season was filmed there from October 2016 to February 2017. The show was broadcast in nineteen European countries by HBO Europe alongside other broadcasters.
In June 2016, the British broadcaster
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
aired the first season in English under the title ''The Border''. HBO Europe showed it at the ''
Series Mania Festival'' in Paris.
On 17 December 2018, it was announced that the series would receive a third season, scheduled to premiere in 2019. On 13 September it was announced that the premiere would take place on 30 October, however on 26 September it was postponed to 6 December.
References
External links
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Polish-language television shows
Television shows set in Poland
2014 Polish television series debuts
HBO Europe original programming
Television shows set in Subcarpathian Voivodeship