''Przepis na życie'' (English ''Recipe For Life'') is a Polish
comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...
television series produced by
Akson Studio for the
TVN network. The series was created and written by Polish actress Agnieszka Pilaszewska.
Premise
The main character is a middle-aged woman whose life changes when her husband leaves her and she loses her job. The only activity that can make her feel better is cooking. This is her passion. The storyline follows her fate, as well as her daughter's and ex-husband's who is now with another woman.
Cast
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Magdalena Kumorek as Anka Zawadzka
*
Aleksandra Radwańska as Mania Zawadzka
*
Dorota Kolak
Dorota Kolak (born 20 June 1957) is a Polish actress and professor. She received two Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''I Am Yours'' (2009) and '' United States of Love'' (2016), and two Polish Academy Award for Best A ...
as Irena
*
Piotr Adamczyk
Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television, voice and theatre actor. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film '' Chopin: Desire for Love'' (2002), Pope John Paul ...
as Andrzej Zawadzki
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Edyta Olszówka as Pola
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Maja Ostaszewska as Beata Darmieta
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Dominika Gwit as Gruba
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Paweł Marczuk as Grochol
*
Borys Szyc
Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak (Polish: ; born Borys Michalak; 4 September 1978) is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor.
Life and career
He was born in Łódź, Poland. He grad ...
as Jerzy Knape
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Lesław Żurek as Maciek
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Jakub Mazurek as Leszek
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Iwona Bielska
Iwona is a Polish female name derived from the French name Yvonne. Notable people with the name include:
*Iwona Blazwick (born 1955), British art critic and lecturer, director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London
* Iwona Blecharczyk (born ...
as Wanda
*
Wojciech Duryasz
Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two Slavic roots:
* ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik'' ("warrior") a ...
as Karol
*
Sławomir Orzechowski
Sławomir () is an Old Polish male given name of Slavic origin consists of two parts: "sława/slava" - glory, fame and "mir" - world, peace, prestige. Cognates include Slavomir, Slavomír. Feminine form is: Sławomira/Slavomira. Nicknames: Sław ...
as Stefan
*
Jerzy Fedorowicz
Jerzy Feliks Fedorowicz (born 29 October 1947 in Polanica Zdrój) is a Polish people, Polish actor, theatre director, poet, politician, a former member of the Sejm (2005–2009), and member of the Senate (2015–).
After graduating from the Acade ...
as General, Beata's father
List of episodes
Ratings
International broadcast
Following the success in Poland, broadcast rights have been sold abroad. The series currently airs in China, Hungary, Slovakia and the countries of Middle East.
Lithuanian version
The Lithuanian version of the series titled ''Gyvenimo receptai'', featuring Donata Rinkevičienė, Inga Norkutė, Kristina Kazlauskaitė, Giedrius Arbačiauskas, Ridas Žirgulis, Lina Rastokaitė, Paulius Ignatavičius and Eglė Špokaitė as the main cast, premiered on September 10, 2014
LNK.
References
External links
Official site*
a
Distribution.tvn.pl(English)
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2011 Polish television series debuts
2013 Polish television series endings
Polish comedy-drama television series