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Wartime Portraits: Women

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About Wartime Portraits: Women

Wartime Portraits: Women is a war & politics and documentary TV series that premiered on TVP VOD on January 31, 2023. It has 1 season and 5 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 5 "Wanda Gertz", aired on March 29, 2023.

A documentary series about heroines of the II World War. Stories told from the perspective of the characters are full of emotions and tension, they show courage, sacrifice, willpower but also recklessness or pragmatism. Characters of the series are not flawless monuments but regular women with their own problems, who happened to play an important role in the history. The visual style of the project is animadoc. It comprises archival materials, interviews with experts, and sequences of fictionalised scenes: shots stylised as comic frames, where an actor is connected with scenography hand-drawn by comics illustrators.

  • War & Politics
  • Documentary

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Episodes

5 episodes · 1 season

Season 1

2023 · 5 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago

Wartime Portraits: Women Season 1 release dates →
  1. E5

    5. Wanda Gertz

    Wanda Gertz disguised as a man took part in World War I, and then continued her military career fighting in the Polish-Soviet War and becoming Józef Pilsudski's trusted secretary.

  2. E4

    4. Helena Marusarzówna

    Helena Marusarzówna, champion in alpine skiing. From September 1939, she participated in the Polish resistance movement, acting as a secret courier, whose duties included carrying mail, money along mountain trails, and leading people.

  3. E3

    3. Wladyslawa Macieszyna

    Wladyslawa Macieszyna (1888 - 1967) served in the Pilsudski Legions, was a senator of the 4th term of the interwar parliament. During World War II, she maintained contact with the Polish intelligence network in Germany.

  4. E2

    2. Halina Szwarc

    Sixteen-year-old Halina Szwarc volunteered for the conspiracy. In the Third Reich, she conducted sabotage and espionage activities, gaining invaluable information about the activities of the German army.

  5. E1

    1. Halina Szymanska

    Halina Szymanska (1906 - 1989) wife of the last Polish military attaché in Berlin. After the outbreak of WWII, she meets admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr. As a result of this meeting, Halina becomes a Polish-British MI6 spy.

Cast & crew

Created by Dawid Janicki

  • Anna Kociarz

    Anna Kociarz

    Wanda Gertz

  • Klara Bielawka

    Klara Bielawka

    Margerita

  • Gabriela Całun

    Gabriela Całun

    Danusia

  • Justyna Kowalska

    Justyna

  • Lidia Sadowa

    Lidia Sadowa

    Janka

  • Zofia Wichłacz

    Zofia Wichłacz

    Helena Marusarzówna

  • Karol Dziuba

    Karol Dziuba

    Stanislaw Marusarz

  • Beata Jewiarz

    Zofia Marusarzowna

  • Lidia Pronobis

    Cristl Cranz

  • Joanna Szurmiej-Rzączyńska

    Joanna Szurmiej-Rzączyńska

    Wladyslawa Macieszyna

  • Masza Wągrocka

    Masza Wągrocka

    Zofia Zawiszanka

  • Monika Szomko

    Bronislawa Tynikowna

  • Eliza Rycembel

    Eliza Rycembel

    Halina Szwarc

  • Eryk Kulm

    Eryk Kulm

    Waclaw Kaluzniak 'Jacek'

  • Joanna Brodzik

    Joanna Brodzik

    Mela

  • Monika Chrząstowska

    Monika Chrząstowska

    Wiezniarka

Wartime Portraits: Women FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Wartime Portraits: Women?

Wartime Portraits: Women has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 29, 2023.

When did the latest episode of Wartime Portraits: Women come out?

The most recent episode of Wartime Portraits: Women, Season 1 Episode 5 "Wanda Gertz", aired on March 29, 2023.

How many seasons of Wartime Portraits: Women are there?

Wartime Portraits: Women has 1 season with 5 episodes in total.

When did Wartime Portraits: Women first air?

Wartime Portraits: Women first aired on TVP VOD on January 31, 2023.

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