''Detective Forst'' () is a Polish

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television series based on the ''Forst'' series by

Remigiusz Mróz Remigiusz Mróz (Polish pronunciation: ; born 15 January 1987, Opole, Poland) is a Polish writer and lawyer. He is considered a popular and prolific author(2 November 2018Remigiusz Mróz odpowie na Wasze pytania ''LubimyCzytać'' (in Polish; artic ...

. It was released on

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on 11 January 2024.

Premise

After a series of murders strike the resort town of

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...

at the base of the Tatra Mountains, Detective Wiktor Forst steps in to solve the case with the help of journalist Olga Szrebska.

Cast

Borys Szyc Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak (Polish: ; born Borys Michalak; 4 September 1978) is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Life and career He was born in Łódź, Poland. He grad ...

as Detective Wiktor Forst * as Inspector Edmund Osica * as Olga Szrebska * as Dominika Wadryś Hansen * Aleksandra Grabowska as Agata Osica, Edmund's daughter * Szymon Wróblewski as Staszek Kowalik * as Gjord Hansen/Iwo Elijah, Dominika's husband and Forst's childhood friend-turned-foe *

Artur Barciś Artur Barciś (; born 12 August 1956) is a Polish actor and film director. His television appearances include Krzysztof Kieślowski's anthology series ''Dekalog'' (1989), the soap opera '' Aby do świtu...'' (1992), and '' Kurierzy'' ("Couriers" ...

as Jarosław Rozwadowski * as Halina Sznajderman * Piotr Franasowicz as Karol Adamiak * Magdalena Dębicka as Frantiska * Mikołaj Kubacki as Piotr Sznajderman * Krzysztof Łakomik as Jędrzej Lakomik * Elżbieta Bielska as Nina Pieniak *

Jerzy Rogalski Jerzy Rogalski (born 11 April 1948, Oleśnica, Poland) is a Polish film and theatre actor. Biography Rogalski was a graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. From 1970 to 1974 he was associated with the Baltic Dramatic Theatre them. J ...

as Leon Lowotarski

Episodes

Production

Filming for the series began in October 2022 in

, and later moved to

Nowy Targ Nowy Targ (Officially: ''Royal Free city of Nowy Targ'', Yiddish: ''Naymark'', Gorals, Goral dialect: ''Nowy Torg'' ) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Go ...

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, and Slovakia. Filming was completed by March 2023.

Release

A teaser trailer for the series was released on 29 November 2023. The official trailer was released on 19 December 2023.

References

External links

*
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