High School (
Polish
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: ''Szkoła'') is a Polish pseudo-documentary television series first shown on
TVN from 1 September 2014.
The series is set in two fictional schools in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
, both named for
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukra ...
- gymnasium no. 105 and lyceum no. 44. Each episode tells the story of a group of students (rarely of teachers), most commonly one from the
gymnasium and one from the
lyceum
The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe. The definition varies among countries; usually it is a type of secondary school. Basic science and some introduction to ...
.
At its original conception, the series was entitled ''Nauczyciele'' (Eng: Teachers).
It followed several other documentary series, including ''
Szpital'' set in a hospital and ''Pamiętniki z Wakacji'', set in the
Canary Islands
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.
Cast
Most student characters appear only in a few episodes. The cast of teachers, however, is recurring and features the following.
*Tadeusz Piotr Łomnicki as Tadeusz Chlebowski, headteacher
*Maria Meyer as Maria Borkowska, deputy headteacher
*Sabina Głuch as Jolanta Żabińska, Polish teacher
*Joanna Litwin-Widera as Barbara Gruszka, biology teacher
*Dorota Godzic as Teresa Kremer, mathematics teacher
*Jagoda Pietruszkówna as Alicja Stańko, chemistry teacher
*Aleksandra Żurecka as Anna Turczyn, English teacher
*Karol Wolski as Piotr Gądek, IT teacher (ep. 0-125)
*Rafał Kosecki as Andrzej Lesicki, physics teacher
*Jan Mancewicz as Zbigniew Małek, history teacher
*Wolfgang Hofer as Dominik Huber, German teacher
*Patrice Nieckowski as Patrice Nieckowski, French teacher
*Konrad Pondo as Tomasz Dudziak, P.E. teacher
*Małgorzata Merwart as Karina Kłosek, IT teacher (since ep. 223)
References
Television shows set in Poland
2020s Polish television series
2014 Polish television series debuts
2020 Polish television series endings
Television shows set in Kraków
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TVN (Polish TV channel) original programming
TVN 7 original programming