Czterdziestolatek or 40-latek (

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: ''The Forty-Year-Old''); broadcast in English by

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series originally broadcast in Poland between 1975-78. The initial series enjoyed so much popularity that it was continued and led to the release of a feature film ''I'm a Butterfly, a 40-year-old's Love Affair'' and a New Year's Eve television program in 1975. The series was written by Jerzy Gruza and Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and was broadcast on

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. In total, 21 episodes were produced. The series followed the fate of a

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, such as extra-marital affairs, attempts to quit smoking, obsession with hair loss, efforts to maintain physical fitness, pride in achievements and professional life, the desire to seek self-fulfillment through social activities, etc. 20 years later the series was remade in the mid-1990s with a cast that included Joanna Kurowska, Wojciech Mann and Wojciech Malajkat.

Episodes

# The toast, or closer than further (Toast czyli bliżej niż dalej) 1974 # Struggle with addiction, or maze (Walka z nałogiem czyli labirynt) # Come by whenever you'd like, or dulled stimuli (Wpadnij kiedy zechcesz czyli bodźce stępione) # The portrait, or how to be loved (Portret czyli jak być kochanym) # Physical fitness, or the fight against the birth certificate (Kondycja fizyczna czyli walka z metryką) # Flora's hair, or the maze (Włosy Flory czyli labirynt) # Judym or a social action (Judym czyli czyn społeczny) # Opening of the route, or free time (Otwarcie trasy czyli czas wolny) 1975 # Family, or strangers at home (Rodzina czyli obcy w domu) 1975 # Postcard from Spitsbergen, or enchantment (Pocztówka ze Spitzbergenu czyli oczarowanie) 1975 # Somebody else's misery, or defense witness (Cudze nieszczęście czyli świadek obrony) 1975 # New deputy, or the meteor (Nowy zastępca czyli meteor) 1975 # The scapegoat, or the rotation (Kozioł ofiarny czyli rotacja) 1975 # Małkiewicz case or

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(Sprawa Małkiewicza czyli kamikadze) 1976 # Expensive gift or revisit (Kosztowny drobiazg czyli rewizyta) 1976 # Where have you been or

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(Gdzie byłaś czyli Szekspir) 1976 # A cunning beast, or the cristal (Cwana bestia czyli kryształ) 1977 # War game or on the billet (Gra wojenna czyli na kwaterze) 1977 # Away from people, or something of your own (Z dala od ludzi czyli coś swojego) # In self-defense, or the hunt (W obronie własnej czyli polowanie) # Shadow-line, or the first serious warning (Smuga cienia czyli pierwsze poważne ostrzeżenie) 1977

Cast

* Andrzej Kopiczyński as Stefan Karwowski, ''Czterdziestolatek'' * Anna Seniuk as Magda Karwowska, wife of Stefan Karwowski *

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Janusz Kłosiński Janusz Kłosiński (19 November 1920 – 8 November 2017) was a Polish film and theatre actor. Biography In 1948 he graduated from The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, which was located in his hometown of Łód� ...

* Leonard Pietraszak *

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* Mieczysław Waśkowski *

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* Bohdan Ejmont * Ryszard Pietruski *

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* Jarosław Skulski *

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Piotr Fronczewski Piotr Fronczewski (born 8 June 1946 in Łódź, Poland), is a Polish actor and a cabaret and theatre singer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most popular actors of his generation. Life and career He was born to a Polish mother, Bogna ...

* Tadeusz Pluciński *

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Joanna Szczepkowska Joanna Szczepkowska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 May 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress and writer. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1975. Life and career She made her debut on televion in 1975 by appearing in episode 1 of ...

Wiesław Gołas Wiesław Ryszard Gołas (Polish: vʲε.swav 'gɔ.was 9 October 1930 – 9 September 2021) was a Polish actor and Armia Krajowa soldier. He was cast in the role of Tomasz Czereśniak in '' Czterej pancerni i pies'' (Polish: ''Four tank men a ...

* Jan Kobuszewski *

Andrzej Krasicki Andrzej Krasicki (31 October 1918, Tarnów, Poland – 15 January 1995, Warsaw) was a Polish film and theatre actor and theatre director. Biography In 1937, he graduated from Staszic high school in Warsaw. He was the Administrative Director ...

* Aleksander Sewruk * Jan Kociniak *

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References

External links

* {{Authority control Polish comedy-drama television series 1970s Polish television series 1974 Polish television series debuts 1977 Polish television series endings Midlife crisis in television Telewizja Polska original programming