

7.543 minSeason 3 • Episode 6
LatestAs Zawieja faces off against Molski, an investigation brings corruption on the force to light, and Trepa learns a surprising truth.
Set in Szczecin, Poland, the series begins after the body of a young woman is discovered under the melting ice. It asks ‘Who was she? Why did she die? Who did she leave behind?
Acting
Wajda's face does three seasons of plot without speaking.
Cinematography
Szczecin's industrial decay as character, not backdrop.
Writing
The missing child plot that actually respects the horror.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Szczecin was a German city until 1945; its contested identity mirrors the show's themes of inherited secrets. Polish critics called it the first true 'Polish noir' that didn't imitate Scandinavia.
Creator Xawery Żuławski (son of legendary director Andrzej Żuławski of Possession) originally wrote Zawieja as male; the gender flip fundamentally rewrote how Polish audiences receive 'difficult' women on screen.