MOTH HUNTING
synopsis
Warsaw 1905. A young girl, entangled with independence activists, gets out of prison and is sold to the high-end brothel of Franciszka Szlimakowska. She takes the name “Yvette” and decides to earn money working as a prostitute so she can join her beloved in Siberia. She wants to take her life into her own hands, hoping fortune will smile upon her. However, she does not anticipate the coming storm resulting from a political conspiracy of General Margrafsky, the head of Okhrana, a secret police force of the Russian Empire, carried out with the help of one of the most dangerous men of the Warsaw underworld – a corrupt policeman, Wiktor Grun. Warsaw brothels will fall victim to the conspiracy.
international title: | Moth Hunting |
original title: | Polowanie na cmy |
country: | Poland |
year: | 2023 |
genre: | series |
directed by: | Michal Rogalski |
screenplay: | Katarzyna Tybinka, Anna Gabryś |
cast: | Sonia Mietielica, Monika Krzywkowska, Daria Polunina, Przemyslaw Stippa |
production: | Telewizja Polska (TVP) - Agencja Filmowa |
distributor: | Telewizja Polska (TVP) - Agencja Filmowa |