The Bay of Spies to Bow on TVP

Telewizja Polska (TVP) has completed production on the new World War II series The Bay of Spies, slating its release for 2024.

Set to broadcast on the channel on January 7, the Polish-language historical thriller follows Franz Neumann, a young Nazi Abwehr officer, who discovers that his real father was Polish. Using this information to his advantage, Franz becomes a spy for the Allies.

Directed by Michał Rogalski, TVP commissioned the series from production company Akson Studio. The screenplay was co-written by Michał Godzic (Chasing Dreams, Wartime Girls) and Wojciech Lepianka (My Father’s Bike), while the award-winning Wanda Kowalska served as costume designer.

Aleksandra Kaźmieruk, head of global distribution at TVP, said: “As well as acting as a tribute to the architects and engineers who built the city of Gdynia before the war, commissioning the series is a key part of TVP’s mission-oriented programming strategy to push original content that is created by Polish talent for Polish audiences, as well as has an international appeal. This show has everything you need in a series: beautiful cinematography, music, costumes and unexpected plot twists against the background of a little-known but incredibly important part of Second World War history.”