Wartime Girls

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Wartime Girls
Polish Wojenne dziewczyny
Genre War
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
Network TVP1
ReleaseMarch 5, 2017 (2017-03-05) 
November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)

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.

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Plot

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

Episodes

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

Production

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

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References

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