The Thaw (Polish TV series)

*The Thaw*
The Thaw
Polish	Odwilż
Genre	Crime drama; Mystery;
Created by	Marta Szymanek
Written by	Marta Szymanek; Piotr Gerard Szymanek;
Directed by	Xawery Żuławski
Starring	Katarzyna Wajda; Bartłomiej Kotschedoff; Cezary Łukaszewicz; Juliusz Chrząstowski; Sebastian Fabijański; Andrzej Grabowski; Bogusław Linda;
Opening theme	"When the Party's Over" by Billie Eilish
Composer	Łukasz Targosz
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producers	Andrzej Besztak; Izabela Lopuch; Antony Root; Johnathan Young;
Producer	Bogumił Lipski
Cinematography	Tomasz Naumiuk
Editors	Piotr Kmiecik; Wojciech Mrówczynski;
Running time	48–55 minutes
Production companies	HBO Europe; Magnolia Films;
Original release
Network	HBO Max (season 1); Max (season 2)
Release	1 April 2022 –; present

The Thaw (Polish: Odwilż) is a Polish crime drama television series created by Marta Szymanek. Set in Szczecin, it tells the story of a detective investigating the murder of a young mother. It began airing on HBO Max on 1 April 2022.

Premise

Widowed detective Katarzyna Zawieja investigates the murder of a young woman and her newborn in Szczecin, while also coming to terms with the death of her own husband.

Cast

Main

Katarzyna Wajda [pl] as Katarzyna Zawieja
Bartłomiej Kotschedoff [pl] as Krzysztof Trepa
Cezary Łukaszewicz [pl] as Andrzej Radwan
Juliusz Chrząstowski [pl] as Bogdan Pietrzak
Sebastian Fabijański as Marcin Kosiński
Andrzej Grabowski as Jan Zawieja
Bogusław Linda as Michał Strzelecki
Agnieszka Dygant
Mirosław Zbrojewicz
Nikodem Rozbicki [pl]
Aleksander Kaleta
Eryk Kulm
Andrzej Konopka [pl]
Tomasz Schuchardt

Recurring

Marcelina Stępkowska as Hania Zawieja
Marcin Zarzeczny as Grzegorz Adamski
Małgorzata Gorol [pl] as Anka Janas
Monika Krzywkowska [pl] as Dorota Czerwińska
Agnieszka Pilaszewska [pl] as Mirosława Janas
Wojciech Zieliński [pl] as Wojciech Zawieja
Julia Rosnowska [pl] as Magda Kosińska
Jaśmina Polak [pl] as Zofia Radwan
Piotr Żurawski [pl] as Konrad Janas
Ewa Skibińska [pl] as Małgorzata Adamczyk
Michal Czernecki
Agnieszka Suchora
Barbara Jonak

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally released
Series	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	6	1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)	15 April 2022 (2022-04-15)
2	5	23 August 2024 (2024-08-23)	20 September 2024 (2024-09-20)

Season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
1	1	"Episode 1.1"	50 min	1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)
2	2	"Episode 1.2"	46 min	1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)
3	3	"Episode 1.3"	48 min	8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)
4	4	"Episode 1.4"	48 min	8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)
5	5	"Episode 1.5"	55 min	15 April 2022 (2022-04-15)
6	6	"Episode 1.6"	49 min	15 April 2022 (2022-04-15)

Season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
7	1	"Episode 2.1"	TBA	23 August 2024 (2024-08-23)
8	2	"Episode 2.2"	TBA	30 August 2024 (2024-08-30)
9	3	"Episode 2.3"	TBA	6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)
10	4	"Episode 2.4"	TBA	13 September 2024 (2024-09-13)
11	5	"Episode 2.5"	TBA	20 September 2024 (2024-09-20)

Production

The series was announced in December 2019.^[1] It was shot in Szczecin beginning in January 2020 and was scheduled to last until May of that year,^[2] however, filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

References

^ Kozłowski, Konrad (11 December 2019). "Nowy polski serial HBO "Odwilż". Zapowiedzi premier w 2020 na HBO GO". Antyweb (in Polish). Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ Skarul, Bogna (21 January 2020). "Serial "Odwilż" HBO. Zdjęcia będą kręcone w Szczecinie. Start już w piątek - 24.01.2020 r." Głos Szczeciński (in Polish). Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ "HBO wstrzymuje zdjęcia do 'Odwilży', Netflix do 'Wiedźmina'". Wirtualne Media (in Polish). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

External links

The Thaw on IMDb

[1] Kozłowski, Konrad (11 December 2019). "Nowy polski serial HBO "Odwilż". Zapowiedzi premier w 2020 na HBO GO". Antyweb (in Polish). Retrieved 7 November 2023.

[2] Skarul, Bogna (21 January 2020). "Serial "Odwilż" HBO. Zdjęcia będą kręcone w Szczecinie. Start już w piątek - 24.01.2020 r." Głos Szczeciński (in Polish). Retrieved 7 November 2023.

[3] "HBO wstrzymuje zdjęcia do 'Odwilży', Netflix do 'Wiedźmina'". Wirtualne Media (in Polish). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2023.

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