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Illegals

2018 · 1 season

A tense, twisty spy thriller that keeps you on edge with its cross-border intrigue and moral ambiguity.

Genres
Action & adventure, Crime, Mystery
Overview
Konrad Wolski, head of the Q department, an elite Polish intelligence unit, taking over a Belarusian arms dealer in Istanbul, learns about a terrorist attack planned in Sweden. The weapon to be used in the attack is to come from the Soviet arsenal hidden in Belarus. Konrad immediately contact with Travis, a Polish spy secreted in the Minsk KGB, to obtain intelligence information that will defeat the terrorist plan. The matter is complicated by the fact that Travis has just been exposed by one of the Belarusian KGB officers. He's financial blackmail, will not remain in his position for a long time. Sara - an officer of the Polish Intelligence Agency is sent to Minsk with the mission of his immediate evacuation. At the same time, a retired general of Belarusian services in Warsaw is blackmailing the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • conspiracy
  • deception
  • power
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
action & adventure, crime, mystery
Created by
Jan P. Matuszyński, Leszek Dawid
Written by
Bartosz Staszczyszyn, Dorota Jankojć-Poddębniak, Maciej Kubicki
Starring
Grzegorz Damięcki, Filip Pławiak, Sylwia Juszczak-Krawczyk, Agnieszka Grochowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Alicja Juszkiewicz, Andrzej Konopka, Ireneusz Czop
Music
Łukasz Targosz
Cinematography
Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes
Network
Canal+
Country
Belarus, Poland, Sweden, Turkey
Languages
English, Polish, Russian

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