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The King of Warsaw

The King of Warsaw

20206.11 Season8 EpisodesEnded

Overview

1937 Warsaw, Poland. The Jewish mafia rules the city. Head honcho is gangster socialist, Buddy Kaplica. His right-hand man, boxer, Jakub Szapiro who dreams of taking over Buddy's top spot as King of Warsaw.

Created by Szczepan Twardoch
Written by Szczepan Twardoch, Kacper Lipiński, Leszek Bodzak
Produced by Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham
NetworksCanal+

Top Cast

Michał Żurawski

Michał Żurawski

Jakub Szapiro

Arkadiusz Jakubik

Arkadiusz Jakubik

Jan 'Kum' Kaplica

Borys Szyc

Borys Szyc

Janusz Radziwiłek

Aleksandra Pisula

Aleksandra Pisula

Emilia

Lena Góra

Lena Góra

Anna Ziembińska

Paweł Wolak

Paweł Wolak

Pantaleon Karpiński

Mikołaj Kubacki

Mikołaj Kubacki

Edward Tiutczew

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookgangstercriminal underworldhistoricalhistorical dramaneo-noirboxingwarsaw, poland1930seuropean historypolish historymodern history

About The King of Warsaw

The King of Warsaw is a crime, drama, war & politics series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of based on novel or book, gangster, criminal underworld, historical, historical drama, neo-noir. Created by Szczepan Twardoch, it stars Michał Żurawski, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Borys Szyc. 1937 Warsaw, Poland. The Jewish mafia rules the city. Head honcho is gangster socialist, Buddy Kaplica. His right-hand man, boxer, Jakub Szapiro who dreams of taking over Buddy's top spot as King of Warsaw.

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