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The Defence

2018–2022 · 5 seasons

A grim, tightly wound legal thriller that pulls you into a child's disappearance and the murky moral compromises of the lawyers circling it.

Genres
Crime, Drama
Overview
Three-year-old Nikola Szlezyngier disappears in unexplained circumstances and her parents Angelika and Dawid are the main suspects. Angelika contacts an old friend Joanna Chylka, a brilliant, cynical and successful lawyer to help. With her new apprentice Kordian, Joanna will try to bring the case to a happy close.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Mystery, grief, justice, corruption
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror3
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension8
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    crime, drama
    Created by
    Łukasz Palkowski, Marek Wróbel
    Written by
    Justyna Stefaniak, Krzysztof Szpetmański, Michał Wawrzecki
    Starring
    Magdalena Cielecka, Filip Pławiak, Wojciech Zieliński, Piotr Żurawski, Jakub Gierszał, Jacek Koman, Ireneusz Czop, Olgierd Łukaszewicz
    Cinematography
    Jakub Czerwiński, Jakub Stolecki
    Length
    5 seasons, 32 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    Player
    Country
    Poland
    Languages
    Polish

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