''Go Ahead, Brother'' () is a Polish
crime thriller
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...
television series starring
Piotr Witkowski, , ,
Jakub Wesołowski
Jakub Wesołowski, also known as Kuba Wesołowski, (born 7 May 1985, in Warsaw) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as journalist.
Life and career
He was born on 7 May 1985 in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Marie Curie-Skłod ...
, Sebastian Dela, and Andrzej Popiel. It was released on
Netflix
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on 30 October 2024.
Premise
After being kicked out of the
counterterrorist
Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to com ...
unit
SPAP, Oskar Gwiazda pushes his father to suicide and takes on his debts. He struggles to settle into his new job as a security guard until he finds an employment oppurtunity elsewhere.
Cast
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Piotr Witkowski as Oskar Gwiazda
* as Sylwester Zajfert
* as Marecki
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Jakub Wesołowski
Jakub Wesołowski, also known as Kuba Wesołowski, (born 7 May 1985, in Warsaw) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as journalist.
Life and career
He was born on 7 May 1985 in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Marie Curie-Skłod ...
as "Rudy"
* Sebastian Dela as "Gemboj"
* Andrzej Popiel as Gołaś
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Aleksandra Adamska as Marta Gwiazda-Zajfert
* as Damian Czorny
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Piotr Adamczyk
Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television, voice and theatre actor. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film '' Chopin: Desire for Love'' (2002), Pope John Paul ...
as Eryk Tomczyk
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Cezary Żak as Mieczysław Czorny
* Anastasiya Pustovit as Jewa
Episodes
Production
The series was announced in 2022. The script had been written specifically with
Piotr Witkowski and in mind for the two lead roles.
Prior to filming, the actors trained with the
GROM Military Unit
The GROM Military Unit (Polish language, Polish: ''Jednostka Wojskowa GROM''), is a Polish special forces unit and forms part of the Polish Special Forces, Special Troops Command of the Polish Armed Forces. It is believed to consist of around 25 ...
for three months. The series was shot in
Ostrołęka
Ostrołęka (; ) is a small city in northeastern Poland on the Narew river, about northeast of Warsaw, with a population of 51,012 (2021) and an area of . It is the capital of both Ostrołęka County and Ostrołęka City County in the Masovian V ...
and the
Piotrkowska Tram Station in
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
in mid-2023.
Release
The series was released on
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple lang ...
on 30 October 2024.
References
External links
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{{Netflix original ended series (2019–present)
2020s crime television series
2024 Polish television series debuts
Crime thriller television series
Polish crime television series
Polish-language television shows
Netflix television dramas
Television series about organized crime
Television shows filmed in Poland
Television shows set in Łódź