Introduction
Spies of Warsaw is a British television miniseries 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.
Outline
A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
Cast
- Main:
- David Tennant – Jean-François Mercier
- Janet Montgomery – Anna Skarbek
- Marcin Dorociński – Antoni Pakulski
- Support:
- 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
- Piotr Baumann – Maxim Mostov
- Jan Pohl – Zoller
- Richard Lintern – Colonel Lessard
- Julian Glover – General Beauvilliers
- Fenella Woolgar – Lady Angela Hope
- Richard Teverson – Roddy Fitzware
- Tuppence Middleton – Gabrielle
- Tusse Silberg – Helena Skarbek
- Gregg Lowe – Young German Soldier
- Grazyna Zielinska – Wladzia
- Grzegorz Emanuel – Weasel
- Nicholas Blane – Papa Heiniger
- Dan Fredenburgh – Armand
- Julian Harries – Duff Cooper
- Ziggy Heath – Kazimir
- Bogdan Koca – Leszek
- Adam Godley – Julius Halbach
- Nicholas Murchie – Johannes Elter
Production
The series was shot primarily in Krakow and Warsaw, Poland.
Release
BBC America aired the series in April 2013.
Trivia
- The television series takes its name from its source, The Spies of Warsaw, a 2008 spy novel by Alan Furst.
- There are four episodes, which have also aired as a two-part series, for example on BBC Four on 28 June 2018 and 05 July 2017.
- This is the third time that both David Tennant (Jean-Francois Mercier) and Fenella Woolgar (Lady Angela Hope) starred in a tv series/miniseries.
- The first series was “He Knew He Was Right” and the second was “Doctor Who” Season Four Episode ‘ The Unicorn and the Wasp’ as The Doctor and Agatha Christie respectively.
Spies of Warsaw Series
Production & Filming Details
- Director(s):
- Coky Giedroyc … (3 episodes, 2013).
- Weronika Migon … (2 episodes, 2013).
- Kiaran Murray-Smith … (2 episodes, 2013).
- Producer(s):
- Piotr Derewenda … producer (4 episodes, 2013).
- Richard Fell … executive producer / producer (3 episodes, 2013).
- Roy Ackerman … supervising producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Joanie Blaikie … executive producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Dick Clement … associate producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Renata Czarnkowska-Listos … supervising producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Ben Donald … supervising producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Dariusz Jablonski … producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Violetta Kaminska … executive producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Ian La Frenais … associate producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Jamie Laurenson … supervising producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Judith Louis … supervising producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Matthew Patnick … co-producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Monika Pieczynska … assistant producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Izabela Wójcik … executive producer (2 episodes, 2013).
- Writer(s):
- Dick Clement … (script) (2 episodes, 2013).
- Dick Clement … (writer) (1 episode, 2013).
- Alan Furst … (novel) (3 episodes, 2013).
- Ian La Frenais … (script) (2 episodes, 2013).
- Ian La Frenais … (writer) (1 episode, 2013).
- Music:
- Rob Lane … (2 episodes, 2013).
- Cinematography:
- Wojciech Szepel … (3 episodes, 2013).
- Editor(s):
- Gareth C. Scales … (3 episodes, 2013).
- Production:
- ARTE.
- Apple Film Productions.
- Fresh.
- Fresh Pictures.
- TVP.
- Distributor(s):
- Atlantic Film (2014) (Finland) (DVD).
- BBC Worldwide (2012) (UK) (TV).
- BBC Worldwide (2012) (World-wide) (all media).
- Polyband (2013) (Germany) (DVD).
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2016) (Finland) (TV).
- Release Date: 09 January 2013 to 16 January 2013.
- Running Time: 45 minutes (per episode), 180 minutes (total running time).
- Rating: 15.
- Country: UK.
- Language: English.
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