The Defence (TV series)

The Defence (also known as The Disappearance; Chyłka) is a Polish crime drama television series based on the Chyłka book series by Remigiusz Mróz. It aired on TVN and Player from 26 December 2018 to 4 January 2022.

Season One (Zaginięcie) Premise
In the village of Sajenek in Augustów, Angelika and Dawid Szlezyngier are horrified to find that their three-year-old daughter has gone missing. Since they are the prime suspects, Angelika contacts her old friend, Attorney Joanna Chyłka, to help defend them.

Main

 * Magdalena Cielecka as Joanna Chyłka
 * Filip Pławiak as Kordian "Zordon" Oryński
 * Piotr Żurawski as "Kormak"
 * Jakub Gierszał as Piotr Langer Jr.
 * Szymon Bobrowski as Artur Żelazny
 * Ireneusz Czop as Commissioner Szczerbiński

Recurring

 * Jacek Koman as Harry McVay
 * Olga Bołądź as Magda, Joanna's sister
 * Helena Zawistowska as Daria, Magda's daughter and Joanna's niece
 * Szymon Piotr Warszawski as Prosecutor Olgierd "Paderborn" Paderewski
 * Cezary Pazura as Feliks
 * Piotr Stramowski as Adam Kosmowski
 * Katarzyna Warnke as Angelika Szlezyngier
 * Michał Żurawski as Dawid Szlezyngier
 * Piotr Głowacki as Prosecutor Zbigniew Aronowicz
 * Andrij Zhuravsky as Sakrat Tatrnikow
 * Mirosław Baka as Antoni Ekiel
 * Mirosław Haniszewski as "Wito"
 * Artur Żmijewski as Piotr Langer Sr.
 * Jerzy Schejbal as Filip Obertał, Joanna and Magda's father
 * Maciej Mikołajczyk as Sergeant Jacek Satanowski
 * Milana Glinka as Nikola Szlezyngier
 * Katarzyna Hołtra as Monia
 * Agnieszka Czekańska as the judge
 * Olgierd Łukaszewicz as "Siwowłosy"
 * Marcin Bosak as Prosecutor Karol Rejchert
 * Tomasz Schuchardt as "Gorzym"
 * Cezary Łukaszewicz as Dr. Maciej Roske
 * Milena Suszyńska as Agnieszka Powirska
 * Wojciech Zieliński as Robert "Bukano" Horwat
 * Antoni Pawlicki as Krzysztof Piotrowski
 * Mariusz Bonaszewski as Lew Buchelt
 * Małgorzata Klara as Prosecutor Maria Zakierska
 * Marek Pyś as Miecio
 * Monika Pikuła as Maria Terpińska
 * Jacek Poniedziałek as Paweł Messer
 * Cezary Kosiński as Judge Tatarek
 * Zbigniew Suszyński as Lipczyński, Przemka's father
 * Adam Ferency as Tadeusz Tesarewicz
 * Jan Englert as Prosecutor Bauman

Production
The series was filmed in Warsaw as well as Augustów, Białystok, Suwałki, and Kolno in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.