Wartime Girls (Polish: Wojenne dziewczyny) is a Polish World War II television drama series, broadcast on TVP1. It premiered on 5 March 2017 and has five seasons. In 2022, it became available to stream in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and The U.K. on the streaming service Chaiflicks.

Wartime Girls
PolishWojenne dziewczyny
GenreWar
Written byMarek Kreutz
Directed byMichał Rogalski, Karolina Syska
StarringAleksandra Pisula, Vanessa Aleksander, Marta Mazurek
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes65
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkTVP1
ReleaseMarch 5, 2017 (2017-03-05) –
November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)

Plot

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The series follows the lives of three women, showing them briefly at the outbreak of the war in September 1939 before flashing forward to 1941. Ewa Fronczak is released from her prison sentence for theft on account of the falling bombs; Marysia Joachim and her family are terrorised by anti-semitic Nazi sympathisers; Irena Szczęsna helps the nurses at a hospital with the wounded. Ewa and Irka know each other from before the war; they first meet Marysia after Ewa steals her wallet, including her false identity documents, at a train station. They join the underground resistance movement and are initially appointed to serve in the small sabotage unit.

Cast

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  • Aleksandra Pisula as Marysia Joachim
  • Vanessa Aleksander as Ewa Fronczak
  • Marta Mazurek as Irena 'Irka' Szczęsna
  • Maja Szopa as Karolina 'Nitka' Wegierska
  • Karolina Rzepa as Kapitan Magda 'Joe' Cukier
  • Michal Czernecki as Witold Szczęsny
  • Danuta Stenka as Irka and Witold's mother
  • Józef Pawłowski as Kamil Brodzki, Irka's fiancé
  • Kamil Szeptycki as Jurek Bednar
  • Krzysztof Franieczek as Oskar Dietrich
  • Katrin Bühring as Margarethe von Losein, Dietrich's sister
  • Krzysztof Wach as sturmbannführer Kleim
  • Aleksandra Justa as Henryka Brodzka
  • Vinzenz Wagner as Franz Hessler

Episodes

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Since the 31st of October 2021, there have been 65 episodes (5 seasons) of Wojenne Dziewczyny with 13 episodes per season.

Production

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The series was filmed in Łódź,[1] Lublin,[2] Karczew,[3] and Bielsko-Biała.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Pawłowski, Dariusz (31 August 2018). "Serial "Wojenne dziewczyny". Trzeci sezon powstaje w Łodzi. Zobacz zdjęcia z planu [ZDJĘCIA]". Łódź Nasze Miasto (in Polish). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ Bogaczyk, Gabriela (3 August 2016). "Wojenne dziewczyny: Lublin jak Warszawa, ale tylko w serialu (ZDJĘCIA, WIDEO)". Kurier Lubelski (in Polish). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Zdjęcia do znanego serialu kręcono w gminie Karczew". iOtwock.info (in Polish). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  4. ^ Drost, Jacek (8 July 2021). "Serial "Wojenne dziewczyny" kręcony jest w Bielsku-Białej. Część miasta zmieniła się w plan filmowy". Dziennik Zachodni. Retrieved 13 November 2023.