The Defence (also known as The Disappearance; ) is a Polish crime drama television series based on the Chyłka book series by Remigiusz Mróz. It aired on TVN and Player from 26 December 2018 to 4 January 2022.
Premise In the village of Sajenek in Augustów, Angelika and Dawid Szlezyngier are horrified to find that their three-year-old daughter has gone missing. Since they are the prime suspects, Angelika contacts her old friend, Attorney Joanna Chyłka, to help defend them.
Cast Main Magdalena Cielecka as Joanna Chyłka Filip Pławiak as Kordian "Zordon" Oryński Piotr Żurawski as "Kormak" Jakub Gierszał as Piotr Langer Jr. Szymon Bobrowski as Artur Żelazny Ireneusz Czop as Commissioner Szczerbiński
Recurring
Jacek Koman as Harry McVay Olga Bołądź as Magda, Joanna's sister Helena Zawistowska as Daria, Magda's daughter and Joanna's niece Szymon Piotr Warszawski as Prosecutor Olgierd "Paderborn" Paderewski Cezary Pazura as Feliks Piotr Stramowski as Adam Kosmowski Katarzyna Warnke as Angelika Szlezyngier Michał Żurawski as Dawid Szlezyngier Piotr Głowacki as Prosecutor Zbigniew Aronowicz Andrij Zhuravsky as Sakrat Tatrnikow Mirosław Baka as Antoni Ekiel Mirosław Haniszewski as "Wito" Artur Żmijewski as Piotr Langer Sr. Jerzy Schejbal as Filip Obertał, Joanna and Magda's father Maciej Mikołajczyk as Sergeant Jacek Satanowski Milana Glinka as Nikola Szlezyngier Katarzyna Hołtra as Monia Agnieszka Czekańska as the judge Olgierd Łukaszewicz as "Siwowłosy" Marcin Bosak as Prosecutor Karol Rejchert Tomasz Schuchardt as "Gorzym" Cezary Łukaszewicz as Dr. Maciej Roske Milena Suszyńska as Agnieszka Powirska Wojciech Zieliński as Robert "Bukano" Horwat Antoni Pawlicki as Krzysztof Piotrowski Mariusz Bonaszewski as Lew Buchelt Małgorzata Klara as Prosecutor Maria Zakierska Marek Pyś as Miecio Monika Pikuła as Maria Terpińska Jacek Poniedziałek as Paweł Messer Cezary Kosiński as Judge Tatarek Zbigniew Suszyński as Lipczyński, Przemka's father Adam Ferency as Tadeusz Tesarewicz Jan Englert as Prosecutor Bauman
Episodes Series overview
Season 1: Zaginięcie
Season 2: Kasacja
Season 3: Rewizja
Season 4: Inwigilacja
Season 5: Oskarżenie
Production The series was filmed in Warsaw as well as Augustów, Białystok, Suwałki, and Kolno in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.
Awards and nominations Year Award CategoryNominee ResultRef.2020Polish Film AwardsBest TV SeriesChyłka. KasacjaBest TV SeriesChyłka. Zaginięcie2021Polish Film Awards Best TV SeriesChyłka. Rewizja
References
External links The Disappearance on IMDb The Disappearance on Player.pl