''M jak miłość'' (lit. ''L for Love'') is a Polish
soap opera
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, revolving around the multiple generations of the Mostowiak family. The series premiered on 4 November 2000 on
TVP2
TVP 2 (TVP Dwa, ''Program II Telewizji Polskiej'', ''"Dwójka"'') is a Polish public mainstream TV channel operated by TVP. Launched in October 1970, its varied line-up contains a variety of programming (documentary, history, talk-shows, game-sh ...
, primarily as a weekly drama, and after one season shifted into a new timeslot and extended to two (and occasionally three) episodes per week. For the last few years the show has been the most watched drama on Polish television. Its popularity led to a
Russia
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n adaptation, entitled ''Lyubov kak Lyubov''.
The series is also broadcast on the international channel
TVP Polonia
TVP Polonia (formerly known as TV Polonia) is the international channel of the Telewizja Polska (TVP). The channel is co-funded by the TVP and the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and broadcasts from the TVP headquarters in Warsaw.
TVP Pol ...
with English subtitles.
Current cast members
Past cast members
Special guest cast members
Characters
Mostowiak family
: Ludwik Mostowiak
: Teodor Mostowiak
: oo Maria Mostowiak
::Hanna Smine (Mostowiak, born 1922, died 1978)
:: oo husband Smine
::: daughter Bufford (Smine)
::: oo husband Bufford
:::: Jane Bufford (born 1990, United States, ''
Joanna Osyda'')
::Lucjan Mostowiak (born 1931, died 2017, Gródek, ''
Witold Pyrkosz'')
:: oo Barbara Mostowiak (Wrzodak, married 1960, widowed 2017, ''
Teresa Lipowska
Teresa Lipowska (born 14 July 1937 in Warsaw) is a Polish actress. She is best known as Barbara Mostowiak in the very popular Polish soap opera '' M jak miłość''. Lipowska was married to actor Tomasz Zaliwski.
Biography
She is the eldest da ...
'')
::: Maria Rogowska (Mostowiak, born 1960, biological daughter of Barbara Mostowiak and Zenon Łagoda, ''
Małgorzata Pieńkowska
Małgorzata () is a common Polish language, Polish female given name derived through Latin language, Latin ''Margarita'' from Ancient Greek language, Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), meaning "pearl". It is equivalent to the English "Marga ...
'')
::: oo Krzysztof Zduński (married 1984, widowed 2006, ''
Cezary Morawski'')
::: oo Artur Rogowski (married 2008, divorced 2015; married 2018, Grabina, ''
Robert Moskwa'')
:::: Paweł Zduński (born 1984, Gródek, ''
Rafał Mroczek
Rafał is the Polish form of the male given name Raphael.
Rafał (Polish pronunciation: ) may refer to:
* Rafał Śliż (born 1983), Polish ski jumper
*Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964), Polish fiction author and journalist
*Rafał Andraszak (b ...
'')
:::: oo Joanna Zduńska (Liberadzka, married 2011, Warsaw, divorced 2012, ''
Agnieszka Więdłocha Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes (name).
Notable people with this name include:
*Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker
*Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet
*Agnieszka Bednarek ...
'')
:::: oo Alicja Zduńska (Domańska, married 2014, Warsaw, divorced 2017, ''
Olga Frycz'')
:::: oo Katia Zduńska (Tatirszwili, married 2018, Warsaw, divorced 2018, ''
Joanna Jarmołowicz
Joanna Jarmołowicz (born 19 April 1994) is a Polish actress.
Biography
In 2013 Jarmołowicz played a small role in short movie Strażnicy, although her feature film debut was in 2016 in the movie ''Planet Single''.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
'')
:::: oo Franciszka Zduńska (Janik, engaged 2021, married 2022, ''Dominika Kachlik'')
::::: Barbara Zduńska (Domańska, born 2006, biological daughter of Alicja Zduńska and Jerzy Domański, ''Gabriela Raczyńska'')
:::: Piotr Zduński (born 1984, Gródek, ''
Marcin Mroczek'')
:::: oo Kinga Zduńska (Filarska, married 2002, Gródek, married 2009, Warsaw, ''
Katarzyna Cichopek-Hakiel'')
::::: Magdalena Zduńska (born 2008, Warsaw, ''Maria Głowacka'')
::::: Mikołaj Zduński (born 2014, Warsaw, ''Aleksander Bożyk'')
::::: Emilia Zduńska (born 2019, Warsaw, ''Marcelina Kempka'')
::::: Zuzanna Zduńska (born 2019, Warsaw, ''Julia Kempka'')
:::: Maria Zduńska (born 2001, dead 2001, Gródek)
:::: Barbara Rogowska (born 2009 in Gródek, "Diana Dudzińska", "Maja Wudkiewicz", ''Karina Woźniak'')
::: Marta Budzyńska (Mostowiak, born 1972, Gródek, ''
Dominika Ostałowska
Dominika Ostałowska (born 18 February 1971, Warsaw) is a Polish people, Polish film, television and theatre actress. She is a two-time winner of Polish Film Awards for Best Actress for her performance in a 2000 film ''Keep Away from the Window'' ...
'')
::: oo Jacek Milecki (married 2003, divorced 2004, ''
Robert Gonera
Robert Gonera is a Polish film, stage and television actor. He played leading roles in Krzysztof Krauze's political drama ''Street Games'' and the thriller '' The Debt'', for which he received Best Actor at the Polish Film Awards:Eagles. He be ...
'')
::: oo Norbert Wojciechowski (married 2005, widowed 2007, ''
Mariusz Sabiniewicz 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
* M ...
'')
::: oo Andrzej Budzyński (married 2012, divorced 2017, ''
Krystian Wieczorek'')
:::: Łukasz Wojciechowski (born 1993, Warsaw, ''Franciszek Przybylski'', ''Adrian Żuchewicz'', ''Jakub Józefowicz'')
::::: Natalia Wojciechowska (born 2020, Warsaw, daughter of Katia Tatiszwili)
::::: Jan Wojciechowski (born 2022, Gródek, son of Patrycja Argasińska)
:::: Anna Wojciechowska (born 2006, Warsaw, ''Justyna Amerlik'', ''Julia Paćko'', ''Weronika Wachowska'', ''Gabriela Świerczyńska'')
::: Marek Mostowiak (born Gródek, ''
Kacper Kuszewski'')
::: oo Hanna Mostowiak (Walisiak, married 2001, widowed 2011, ''
Małgorzata Kożuchowska'')
::: oo Ewa Mostowiak (Kolęda, married 2014, ''
Dominika Kluźniak'')
:::: Natalia Zarzycka (Mostowiak, born 1996, adopted daughter of Hanna Mostowiak and Marek Mostowiak, ''
Marcjanna Lelek'')
:::: oo Franciszek Zarzycki (married 2017, divorced 2020, ''
Piotr Nerlewski'')
::::: Hanna Mostowiak (born 2015, Grabina, biological daughter of Natalia Mostowiak and Dariusz Maj, ''Maja Marczak'')
:::: Urszula Mostowiak (Jakubczyk, born 1996, biological daughter of Bronisław Jakubczyk, adopted daughter of Hanna Mostowiak and Marek Mostowiak, ''
Iga Krefft Iga may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film
* Iga no Kagemaru, Japanese manga series
* Iga, a set of characters from the Japanese novel ''The Kouga Ninja Scrolls''
Biology
* ''Iga'' (beetle), a ge ...
'')
:::: oo Bartosz Lisiecki (married 2019, ''
Arkadiusz Smoleński Arkadiusz is a masculine Polish given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Arkadiusz Aleksander (born 1980), Polish football player
* Arkadiusz Bąk (born 1974), Polish footballer
* Arkadiusz Baran (born 1979), Polish football player
*Arka ...
'')
:::: Mateusz Mostowiak (born 2002, Grabina, ''
Krystian Domagała
Krystian is a Polish male given name that is a Polish form of the name Christian, which means "follower of Christ".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Krystian" Retrieved on 12 January 2016. The name may refer to:
*Krystian Aranowski (born 1988), Po ...
'')
:::: oo Liliana Mostowiak (Banach, married 2020, divorced 2021, ''
Monika Mielnicka Monika may refer to:
People
* Monika (given name)
Films and video games
* ''Monika'' (1938 film), a German film
* ''Monika'' (1974 film), an Italian film
Music
* ''Monika'' (opera), a 1937 opera by Nico Dostal
* Monika Christodoulou, a Gree ...
'')
::: Małgorzata Chodakowska (Mostowiak, born 1980, Gródek, ''
Joanna Koroniewska-Dowbor'')
::: oo Michał Łagoda (married 2002, divorced 2004, engaged 2014, died 2014, ''
Paweł Okraska'')
::: oo Stefan Miller (married 2004, divorced 2005, ''
Steffen Möller
Steffen Möller (; born 22 January 1969This is the year Möller himself states in interviews. Möller's management gives contradictory information as to the year of birth, ranging from 1971 to 1973. Source: de.wikipedia in Wuppertal) is a German t ...
'')
::: oo Tomasz Chodakowski (married 2009, divorced 2014, died 2017, ''
Andrzej Młynarczyk
Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew.
Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej
* Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer
* Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and m ...
'')
:::: Zofia Chodakowska (Warakomska, born 1999, biological daughter of Halina Warakomska and Wojciech Warakomski, adopted daughter of Małgorzata Chodakowska and Tomasz Chodakowski, ''
Julia Wróblewska'')
:::: Wojciech Chodakowski (born 2009, Warsaw) ''
Franciszek Korzeniewski Franciszek () is a masculine given name of Polish origin (female form Franciszka). It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:
* Edward Pfeiffer (Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer) (1895–1964), Polish ge ...
'', ''
Feliks Matecki
Feliks is a variant spelling of the given name Felix, used in Poland and the Baltic states, as well as in the transliteration of the name Felix from Russian.
Feliks may refer to:
* Feliks Ankerstein (1897–1955), Polish Army major and intellig ...
'')
Łagoda family
:Feliks Łagoda (born 1896, died 1960)
:oo Zofia Łagoda
:: Zenon Łagoda (born 1936, died 2001)
:: oo wife Łagoda (married, widowed)
::: Maria Rogowska (Mostowiak, born 1960, biological daughter of Barbara Mostowiak and Zenon Łagoda, legal daughter of Lucjan Mostowiak)
::: oo Krzysztof Zduński (married 1984, widowed 2006)
::: oo Artur Rogowski (married 2008, divorced 2015; married 2018, Grabina)
:::: Paweł Zduński (born 1984, Gródek)
:::: oo Joanna Zduńska (Liberadzka, married 2011, Warsaw, divorced 2012)
:::: oo Alicja Zduńska (Domańska, married 2014, Warsaw, divorced 2017)
:::: oo Katia Zduńska (Tatirszwili, married 2018, divorced 2018, Warsaw)
:::: oo Franciszka Zduńska (Janik, married 2022)
::::: Barbara Zduńska (Rogowska, biological daughter of Alicja Zduńska and her former boyfriend)
:::: Piotr Zduński (born 1984, Gródek)
:::: oo Kinga Zduńska (Filarska, married 2002, Gródek, married 2009, Warsaw)
::::: Magdalena Zduńska (born 2009, Warsaw)
::::: Mikołaj Zduński (born 2014, Warsaw)
::::: Emilia Zduńska (born 2019, Warsaw)
::::: Zuzanna Zduńska (born 2019, Warsaw)
:::: Maria Zduńska (born 2001, dead 2001, Gródek)
:::: Barbara Rogowska (born 2009, Gródek)
::: Michał Łagoda (born 1974, United States, died 2014, Los Angeles)
::: oo Małgorzata Chodakowska (Mostowiak, married 2002, divorced 2004, engaged 2014)
::: oo Grażyna Łagoda (Raczyńska, married 2009, divorced 2012)
:: Marian Łagoda (died 2003, United States)
: Mr. Starski (Łagoda, died, United States)
:: Mr. Starski
::: Kamil Starski (died 2019, United States)
Filarski family
: Zbigniew Filarski
: oo Krystyna Filarska-Marszałek (married (?), divorced 2010)
:: Kinga Zduńska (Filarska, born 1984, Gródek)
:: oo Piotr Zduński (married 2002, Gródek, married 2009, Warsaw)
::: Magdalena Zduńska (born 2008, Warsaw)
::: Mikołaj Zduński (born 2014, Warsaw)
::: Emilia Zduńska (born 2019, Warsaw)
::: Zuzanna Zduńska (born 2019, Warsaw)
Marszałek family
: Wojciech Marszałek
: oo Halina Marszałek (married, widowed 2010)
: oo Krystyna Filarska-Marszałek (married 2011)
:: Magdalena Budzyńska (Marszałek, born 1984)
:: oo Sasza Maksymowicz (married 2004, divorced 2005)
:: oo Aleksander Chodakowski (married 2016, divorced 2017)
:: oo Andrzej Budzyński (married 2019)
::: Maciej Chodakowski (Romanowski, adopted son of Magdalena Marszałek and Aleksander Chodakowski)
Chodakowski family
Awards
2004
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2004" in the category ''
Serial''
* Polish, television awards "Teleekrany 2004" in the category ''
Serial''
* Polish, television awards "Telekamery 2004" in the category ''Best Actress'' – Małgorzata Kożuchowska (Hania Mostowiak)
* Polish, television awards "Teleekrany 2004" in the category ''Best Actress'' – Teresa Lipowska (Barbara Mostowiak)
2005
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2005" in the category ''
Serial''
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2005" in the category ''Best Actress'' – Małgorzata Kożuchowska (Hania Mostowiak)
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2005" in the category ''Best Actor'' – Witold Pyrkosz (Lucjan Mostowiak)
2006
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2006" in the category ''
Serial''
2007
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2007" – "
Gold Telekamera
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" (3 prizes "Telekamera" in the category ''
Serial'')
* Polish, television awards "
Telekamery
Telekamery awards are Polish awards presented annually by '' TeleTydzień'' magazine since 1998. Its ceremonies were broadcast by TVP2 between 1998–2009 and 2015–2016, and by TV Puls
TV Puls is a Polish commercial television channel, which ...
2007" – "Złote Spinki" (Gold Studs) – honorary awards – Witold Pyrkosz (Lucjan Mostowiak)
2013
* "
Platinum Telekamera"
2015
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2015" in the category ''Best Actress'' – Barbara Kurdej-Szatan (Joanna Chodakowska)
2016
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2016" in the category ''Best Actress'' – Barbara Kurdej-Szatan (Joanna Chodakowska)
2017
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2017" in the category ''Best Actress'' – Barbara Kurdej-Szatan (Joanna Chodakowska)
2018
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2018" – "Gold Telekamera" (3 prizes "Telekamera" in the category ''Best Actress'' – Barbara Kurdej-Szatan (Joanna Chodakowska))
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2018" in the category ''Best Actor'' – Mikołaj Roznerski (Marcin Chodakowski)
2019
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2019" in the category ''Best Actor'' – Mikołaj Roznerski (Marcin Chodakowski)
2020
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2020" in the category ''Best Actor'' – Mikołaj Roznerski (Marcin Chodakowski)
2021
* Polish, television awards "Telekamera 2021" – "Gold Telekamera" (3 prizes "Telekamera" in the category ''Best Actor'' – Mikołaj Roznerski (Marcin Chodakowski))
Notes
External links
M jak Miłość – official site*
References
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Polish television soap operas
2000 Polish television series debuts
2000s Polish television series
2010s Polish television series
2020s Polish television series
Television shows set in Warsaw
Telewizja Polska original programming