The Border (2014 TV series)
{{Short description|Polish crime television series}}
{{Infobox television
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| starring =
| composer = Łukasz Targosz
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 18
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| editor =
| cinematography = Tomasz Augustynek
Tomasz Naumiuk
| runtime = 55 mins. approx.
| network = HBO
| first_aired = {{start date|2014|10|12}}
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The Border (Polish: Wataha) is a Polish crime series airing on HBO Poland from 12 October 2014.
Cast
- Leszek Lichota as Wiktor Rebrow
- Aleksandra Popławska as Iga Dobosz
- Andrzej Zieliński as Konrad Markowski
- Bartłomiej Topa as Adam "Grzywa" Grzywaczewski
- Magdalena Popławska as Natalia Tatarkiewicz
- Dagmara Bąk as Aga Małek
- Jarosław Boberek as Wojciech Świtalski
- Maciej Mikołajczyk as Piotr "Rambo" Wójcik
- Jacek Lenartowicz as Michał Łuczak
- Mariusz Saniternik as Kalita
- Jacek Beler as Cinek
- Julia Pogrebińska as Ewa Wityńska
- Jacek Koman as Robert Korda
- Piotr Dąbrowski as Rebrow
- Grzegorz Damięcki as Krzysztof Halman
- Anita Jancia as Marta Siwa
- Anna Donchenko as Alsu Karimowa
- Żora Liścienko as Halid
- Piotr Żurawski as Sylwester Wiśniak
- Borys Połunin as Cień
- Marek Kalita as Igi Dobosz
- Weronika Humaj as Joanna Zięba
- Piotr Chlewicki as Aziukiewicz
- Michał Kaleta as Igi Dobosz
- Matylda Damięcka as Boczarska's guardian
- Karol Bernacki as the guardian of "Sema"
- Filip Gurłacz as Marcin Gauza
- Robert Wabich as Waldek
- Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik as Krystyna
- Helena Norowicz as Helena
- Artur Janusiak as Tomek
- Dariusz Siastacz as the deputy minister
Episodes
{{Series overview
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| episodes1 = 6
| start1 = {{Start date|2014|10|12}}
| end1 = {{End date|2014|11|16}}
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| link2 = #Season 2 (2017)
| episodes2 = 6
| start2 = {{Start date|2017|10|15}}
| end2 = {{End date|2017|11|19}}
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| link3 = #Season 3 (2019—2020)
| episodes3 = 6
| start3 = {{Start date|2019|12|6}}
| end3 = {{End date|2020|1|10}}
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Production
The filming of the first season took place between September and December 2013 in Bieszczady, a mountain range in the Carpathians.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telemagazyn.pl/artykuly/wataha-startuja-zdjecia-do-2-sezonu-wideo-zdjecia-53126.html|title="Wataha". Startują zdjęcia do 2. sezonu [WIDEO+ZDJĘCIA]|date=28 September 2016|accessdate=25 September 2021|language=Polish}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.serialowa.pl/159155/wataha-sezon-2-premiera-kiedy-gdzie-ogladac/|title=Takiej premiery nie miał jeszcze żaden polski serial. Nowa "Wataha" będzie w 19 krajach jednocześnie|date=8 October 2017|accessdate=25 September 2021|language=Polish|last1=Wawrzyn|first1=Marta}}
In June 2016, the British broadcaster Channel 4 aired the first season in English under the title The Border. HBO Europe showed it at the Series Mania Festival in Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/drugi-sezon-serialu-wataha-bedzie-jeszcze-bardziej-mroczny|title=Drugi sezon serialu "Wataha" będzie jeszcze bardziej mroczny|language=Polish|accessdate=25 September 2021}}
On 17 December 2018, it was announced that the series would receive a third season, scheduled to premiere in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/hbo-trzeci-sezon-serialu-wataha-emisja-2019-fabula|title=HBO potwierdza produkcję trzeciego sezonu "Watahy", zdjęcia ruszą w lutym|date=17 December 2018|accessdate=25 September 2021|language=Polish}} On 13 September it was announced that the premiere would take place on 30 October,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/wataha-3-sezon-serial-hbo-premiera-30-pazdziernika-gdzie-ogladac-w-internecie-w-hbo-go|title="Wataha 3" od 30 października w HBO i HBO GO|date=13 September 2019|accessdate=25 September 2021|language=Polish}} however on 26 September it was postponed to 6 December.{{Cite web|url=https://naekranie.pl/aktualnosci/wataha-hbo-przesuwa-date-premiery-3-sezonu-serialu-1569408683|title=Wataha - HBO przesuwa datę premiery 3. sezonu serialu|language=Polish|accessdate=25 September 2021}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|4048942}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|tv/wataha}}
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Category:Polish-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in Poland
Category:2014 Polish television series debuts