THE BAY OF SPIES
NEW WORLD WAR II TV SERIES
If you have been with us for years you know that we usually spend the first weeks of each new year traveling around the world, and this January has been 
the same so far, so after visiting Italy, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Span and Switzerland earlier this week, this Sunday for our regular spotlight we are
visiting the land of Poland! Airing there as of tonight, January 7th on Poland's national broadcaster's first channel is new historical thriller series
THE BAY OF SPIES (Zatoka szpiegów) which sees Bartosz Gelner returning to 1940s Gdynia as a Nazi Abwehr officer who discovers his Polish origins and decides to become an Allied spy.
the same so far, so after visiting Italy, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Span and Switzerland earlier this week, this Sunday for our regular spotlight we are
visiting the land of Poland! Airing there as of tonight, January 7th on Poland's national broadcaster's first channel is new historical thriller series
THE BAY OF SPIES (Zatoka szpiegów) which sees Bartosz Gelner returning to 1940s Gdynia as a Nazi Abwehr officer who discovers his Polish origins and decides to become an Allied spy.
THIS NINE EPISODE SERIES
follows
Franz Neumann (Bartosz Gelner), a young Abwehr lieutenant, who comes
from a respected German family that has been living in Gdańsk for
years.
One day, however, he discovers his Polish origins. When his beloved is
murdered by the Germans, he decides to become a Polish spy. He also
experiences love dilemmas. On his way, he meets two fascinating women
with whom he has complicated relationships: Anna (Maria Świłpa), a Pole
raised 
on the border of two cultures and two hostile nations, and Greta
(Karolina Kominek), a German who does not realize that she is only a
tool in a spy 
intrigue. Threatened with exposure, deceived by his loved
ones, and led by his cynical "guardian" Engel (played by gorgeous Michał Balicki), the
young
officer must make choices between loyalty to his family, loyalty
to his homeland and love for women. Check out the trailer below:
years.
One day, however, he discovers his Polish origins. When his beloved is
murdered by the Germans, he decides to become a Polish spy. He also
experiences love dilemmas. On his way, he meets two fascinating women
with whom he has complicated relationships: Anna (Maria Świłpa), a Pole
raised 
on the border of two cultures and two hostile nations, and Greta
(Karolina Kominek), a German who does not realize that she is only a
tool in a spy 
intrigue. Threatened with exposure, deceived by his loved
ones, and led by his cynical "guardian" Engel (played by gorgeous Michał Balicki), the
young
officer must make choices between loyalty to his family, loyalty
to his homeland and love for women. Check out the trailer below:
Hallo Dezmond. Gdańsk i Gdynia these are my favorite cities that I constantly go to whenever I have free time. I like Bartoosz Gelner but the series is played by my favorite actor Mariusz Bonaszewski. Thank you. Best regards!
ReplyDeleteHope you will enjoy the series tonight!
DeleteI've watched the first episode, so far it's average, maybe it will be better in the next episodes?
DeleteMaybe, it does not look overly exciting in the trailer itself.
DeleteI will definitely have this on my watch list. I’ve been getting back into WW2 storylines lately so this will be one to suck me in, I’m sure.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of them WW2 stories on Netflix right now.
DeleteNetflix only deals with series that have been made with their money or are close to their agenda, therefore their WWII content sucks. They sent away whatever good stuff they had in the past. The one exception is BOB that they borrowed from MAX last year.
DeleteI have no idea what BOB is. I was watching Julia episode seven last night and was shocked with how much agenda they stuffed in it, from feminism and racism to political agenda, it was almost as if it was a show about agendas not about Julia. Not to mention obvious misandry when they turned that boyfriend of Avis into a cheater.
DeleteBand of Brothers. Let's not start on Julia. Give me time to recuperate. Awful, awful in every way. Daniel Goldfarb destroyed everything that he had constructed on the first season. I'm writing an entry that may sound objective, but it is hard. Hope to have before February. Are you still watching The Lions of Sicily?
DeleteI generally did enjoy Julia simply because it is Julia and it has that warm atmosphere, but my my why so many agendas and so much hate in it. Even that cook in the White House, do we even know if he was that evil for real? Imagine if he was not. What gives them such freedoms.
DeleteI am watching Sicily ep three tonight, it is a bit boring with that horrid female lead and I am not liking the stupid naivety of the nephew, but it is visually pretty and I like the music, unlike you LOL Hope it gets better but it does not draw me to be excited about it. The same goes for my Friday watch which is Winter King, my my that could be the worst series ever in the genre. In one episode they literally cut up a baby and then poke her mothers head with a sword... even though she is a queen... I will probably ditch it after the next episode.
I haven’t watched any Netflix about WW2, but a lot of the books that I’m reading lately are set in that time period. Band of Brothers was on my list for Jason to check out, but I don’t think he’s gotten around to it yet.
DeleteNow I’m starting to feel a little bit disappointed instead of excited for season two of Julia. I was going to start watching that one in the spring and was looking forward to that. But if it’s full of agenda, maybe not looking forward to it so much anymore.
It is lovely to watch, but it is very much about agenda not really about her, she does not even cook much but they put her husband to cook all the time, literally an agenda right there. As if it is shameful that she was a cook.
DeleteI’m sorry to butt in, but Theresa you must watch BOB, and read the book (in that order). It’s how I did it, and cannot tell you the pleasure you’ll derive. I began watching while in hospital (at a time the doctors were giving me up) and returned home and gathered five friends, all female, none into war films, and we created a private website where we met each day to discuss the episodes, the books, the characters, the actors, ect. It was amazing because there are no women in the show, just cute guys and lots of terrible things happen to them and there we were enthralled. It’s beautifully made, beautifully acted and one merit is that Spielberg inserts in the narrative interviews with the survivors. At the time there were several men from the Easy Company that were still alive, including their CO Major Dick Winters.
DeleteAbout Julia, first season was all about a generous, optimistic woman who just by going on a whim changed television and the way Americans approached gourmet cooking. There was an agenda (it’s HBO, after all) but Julia bypassed it with her common sense and grassroots values. So, do watch it, just don’t touch the second season, it’s an embarrassment. Julia is unrecognizable, she goes through things the real Julia Child never went through, and to top it all, cooking takes third place. Dez is right, now we see her husband in the kitchen, not her.
It was one of the last big series ever made, methinks. I don't remember it much as I was very young when it aired, but I remember being captivated by it.
DeleteEverybody is cooking except Julia, I expect to see Knoff's executive editor to start cooking in the next season as well LOL before she goes fully blind.
Malena, I did watch season 1 of Julia, I was just saving season 2 for spring when I have time to binge watch it. I'm just sad to hear it's nowhere near as good as the first.
DeleteThank you for your recommendation on BOB. If you say it's a must watch, I trust you and will do so. The book wasn't on my radar, but if I enjoy watching, I will surely read it per your recommendation. Funny enough, I never read a book after watching the screen version as I like to form my own character images and scenes first, so that will be an interesting change for me.
Julia has just been canceled last night.
DeleteHi Theresa, hope the new year is treating you well. Thanks for the vouch of confidence. I tend to do the opposite, I read a novel after I have faces that I can attach to characters. In this case, I advice you to read the book after because it's not fiction so at times it may seem a bit dense unless you remember the action scenes and you have grown close to soldiers that in Ambrose book may not come up as flesh and blood as they do on screen
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