Giraffe and Rhino Hotel

Giraffe and Rhino Hotel
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Grzegorz Łoszewski Rafał Sabara Wojciech Saramonowicz
Directed by	Marek Stacharski
Starring	Jolanta Fraszyńska Rafał Królikowski Franciszek Pieczka Marta Bitner Maciej Musiał Kalina Janusiak
Composer	Marek Kuczyński
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	Roman Sawka
Cinematography	Paweł Figurski
Editors	Rafał Listopad Maciej Pawliński
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Telewizja Polska Akson Studio
Original release
Network	TVP1
Release	24 May (2008-05-24) – 14 September 2008 (2008-09-14)

Giraffe and Rhino Hotel (Polish: Hotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcem) is a 2008 Polish-language drama television series directed by Marek Stacharski, and written by Grzegorz Łoszewski, Rafał Sabara, and Wojciech Saramonowicz. It aired on TVP1 from 24 May 2008 to 14 September 2008, and had 13 episodes in total, each with a running time of 42 minutes.

Plot

Anna Miłobędzka and Roman Miłobędzki, together with their children: Aleksandra, Jan, and Zuza, move to a villa in a suburban town near Warsaw, Poland. There they open an animal shelter named Giraffe and Rhino Hotel, where aside from regular household pets such as dogs and cats, they shelter exotic animals, such as snakes, mokeys, and a camel.

Cast

• Jolanta Fraszyńska as Anna Miłobędzka
• Rafał Królikowski as Roman Miłobędzki
• Franciszek Pieczka as Franciszek Alba
• Marta Bitner as Aleksandra Miłobędzka
• Maciej Musiał as Jan Miłobędzki
• Kalina Janusiak as Zuza Miłobędzka
  • Wiktoria Gąsiewska as the voice of Zuza Miłobędzka in episisodes 1–6
• Antoni Królikowski as Maciek Bury
• Tomasz Dedek as Jurek Krzywulski
• Wiesław Wójcik as Kulesza
• Henryk Talar as a professor
• Artur Janusiak as a mayor
• Krzysztof Stelmaszyk as Bury
• Bartosz Turzyński as a veterinarian

Production

The series was directed by Marek Stacharski, written by Grzegorz Łoszewski, Rafał Sabara, and Wojciech Saramonowicz, and produced by Roman Sawka. The cinematography was done by Paweł Figurski, music by Marek Kuczyński, editing by Rafał Listopad and Maciej Pawliński, and scenography by Kinga Babczyńska. The series was produced by Telewizja Polska and Akson Studio. Its pilot episode, "Terrarysta", which was later aired as the 6th episode, premiered on 24 May 2008. The show was aired on TVP1 from 8 June 2008 to 14 September 2008, and had 13 episodes in total, each with a running time of 42 minutes.

External links

• Giraffe and Rhino Hotel on IMDb
• Giraffe and Rhino Hotel on FilmPolski.pl (in Polish)
• Giraffe and Rhino Hotel on Filmweb (in Polish)