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X-Rated Queen

2024–2025 · 1 season

A somber, slow-burning character study that traces a painful journey of lost innocence and survival in a gritty world.

Created by: Bartosz Konopka
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Anna Szymańczyk, Adam Woronowicz, Anna Krotoska

Overview: A young woman from a small town in Poland, who once hoped to live as a nun, flees to West Germany and ends up in the sex industry. She was modest by nature and dreamed of a different life, but circumstances led her to a path she never anticipated.

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Created by: Bartosz Konopka
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Anna Szymańczyk, Adam Woronowicz, Anna Krotoska

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
survival
isolation
class
trauma
Places: small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, crime
Created by: Bartosz Konopka
Written by: Dorota Jankojć-Poddębniak, Ewa Popiołek
Starring: Anna Szymańczyk, Adam Woronowicz, Anna Krotoska, Michał Żurawski, Lise Risom Olsen, Julian Świeżewski, Stanisław Linowski, Jacek Król
Music: Andrzej Smolik
Cinematography: Jacek Podgórski
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 40 min each
Network: Max
Country: Poland
Languages: English, Polish, German

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