Spies of Warsaw (TV series)
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Genre | Historical fiction |
Written by | Dick Clement, Alan Furst, Ian La Frenais |
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Composer | Rob Lane |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Richard Fell
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Production locations | Kraków, Warsaw |
Cinematography | Wojciech Szepel |
Running time | 180 minutes total |
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Original network | BBC Four |
Original release | 9 January 16 January 2013 | –
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Spies of Warsaw is a British television series in which a Deuxième Bureau intelligence agent (spy) poses as a military attaché at the French embassy in Warsaw, and finds himself drawn into the outbreak of World War II.[1]
The television series takes its name from its source, The Spies of Warsaw, a 2008 spy novel by Alan Furst.
Cast[]
Main[]
Main cast includes:[1] Some of the story is set in Nowy Benesov and Nowy Boleslawiec.
- David Tennant - Jean-François Mercier
- Janet Montgomery - Anna Skarbek
- Marcin Dorociński - Antoni Pakulski
Support[]
Support cast includes:[1]
- Mirosław Zbrojewicz - Marek
- Ellie Haddington - Madame Dupin
- Burn Gorman - Jourdain
- Radosław Kaim - August Voss
- Linda Bassett - Malka Rosen
- Allan Corduner - Viktor Rosen
- Anton Lesser - Doctor Lapp
- - Maxim Mostov
- - Zoller
- Richard Lintern - Colonel Lessard
- Julian Glover - General Beauvilliers
- Fenella Woolgar - Lady Angela Hope
- - Roddy Fitzware
- Tuppence Middleton - Gabrielle
- - Helena Skarbek
- Gregg Lowe - Young German Soldier
- - Wladzia
- - Weasel
- Nicholas Blane - Papa Heiniger
- Dan Fredenburgh - Armand
- Julian Harries - Duff Cooper
- - Kazimir
- - Leszek
- Adam Godley - Julius Halbach
- Nicholas Murchie - Johannes Elter
Episodes[]
There are four episodes, which have also aired as a two-part series.[2]
Production[]
The series was shot primarily in Krakow and Warsaw, Poland.[1]
Reception[]
Rotten Tomatoes rated the television series 64% from critics and 50% from average audience.[3]
The Telegraph liked the series for many features: appropriateness for "intergenerational shared viewing, never... too visually brutal, and the playing of the minor characters... was convincingly understated".[4] The Guardian complained: "It should have been the perfect spy thriller. It had everything. Except tension".[5]
New York Times deemed the series "true to the original in story and in spirit",[2] Slate as an engrossing, if slow-moving drama"[6] and the Boston Globe saying "a strangely bloodless affair".[7]
Accolades[]
The New York Times found the series "enjoyable, straightforward espionage tale without a lot of twists or extra layers".[2]
Broadcast and release[]
BBC America aired the series in April 2013.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Spies of Warsaw". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d Stanley, Alessandra (2 April 2013). "Lonely Spy in a Love Triangle". New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Spies of Warsaw (2013–2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ Howse, Christopher (10 January 2013). "Spies of Warsaw, BBC Four, review". Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Crace, John (9 January 2013). "TV review: Spies of Warsaw; The Food Inspectors". Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ Thomas, June (3 April 2013). "Why You Should Watch 'Spies of Warsaw'". Slate. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Gilbert, Matthew (2 April 2013). "Spies of Warsaw: Thriller with No Thrills". Boston Globe. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
External links[]
- Espionage television series
- Television series set in the 1930s
- Fiction set in 1938
- Fiction set in 1939
- 2013 British television series debuts
- 2013 British television series endings
- 2010s British drama television series
- BBC television dramas
- World War II television drama series
- English-language television shows