The Defence

Also known as	The Disappearance

Polish	Chyłka

Genre	Crime drama Legal drama
Based on	Chyłka series by Remigiusz Mróz
Written by	Dorota Chamczyk Daria Rogozińska Justyna Stefaniak Michał Wawrzecki Krzysztof Szpetmański
Directed by	Łukasz Palkowski Marek Wróbel
Starring	Magdalena Cielecka Filip Pławiak Piotr Żurawski Jakub Gierszał Szymon Bobrowski Ireneusz Czop
Composer	Bartosz Chajdecki
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer	Violetta Furmaniuk-Zaorska
Producer	Dorota Chamczyk
Cinematography	Mateusz Wichłacz
Editors	Paweł Witecki Marcin Kot Bastkowski Wojciech Mrówczyński Jan Kidawa-Błoński Jr.
Running time	40–49 minutes
Production company	TVN
Original release
Network	TVN Player
Release	26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) – January 4, 2022 (2022-01-04)

The Defence (also known as The Disappearance; Polish: Chyłka) is a Polish crime drama television series based on the Chyłka 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.

Cast

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

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
1	7	26 December 2018 (2018-12-26)	23 January 2019 (2019-01-23)	TVN Player
2	6	15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)	13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
3	7	6 October 2020 (2020-10-06)	10 November 2020 (2020-11-10)
4	6	23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)
5	6	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	4 January 2022 (2022-01-04)

Season 1: Zaginięcie

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original air date
1	1	"Episode 1.1"	43 min	26 December 2018 (2018-12-26)
2	2	"Episode 1.2"	45 min	26 December 2018 (2018-12-26)
3	3	"Episode 1.3"	45 min	26 December 2018 (2018-12-26)
4	4	"Episode 1.4"	42 min	2 January 2019 (2019-01-02)
5	5	"Episode 1.5"	42 min	9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)
6	6	"Episode 1.6"	41 min	16 January 2019 (2019-01-16)
7	7	"Episode 1.7"	44 min	23 January 2019 (2019-01-23)

Season 2: Kasacja

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original air date
8	1	"Episode 2.1"	49 min	15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)
9	2	"Episode 2.2"	45 min	15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)
10	3	"Episode 2.3"	44 min	22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
11	4	"Episode 2.4"	44 min	29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)
12	5	"Episode 2.5"	42 min	6 December 2019 (2019-12-06)
13	6	"Episode 2.6"	46 min	13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)

Season 3: Rewizja

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original air date
14	1	"Episode 3.1"	45 min	6 October 2020 (2020-10-06)
15	2	"Episode 3.2"	44 min	6 October 2020 (2020-10-06)
16	3	"Episode 3.3"	45 min	13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)
17	4	"Episode 3.4"	46 min	20 October 2020 (2020-10-20)
18	5	"Episode 3.5"	42 min	27 October 2020 (2020-10-27)
19	6	"Episode 3.6"	45 min	3 November 2020 (2020-11-03)
20	7	"Episode 3.7"	42 min	10 November 2020 (2020-11-10)

Season 4: Inwigilacja

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original air date
21	1	"Episode 4.1"	43 min	23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)
22	2	"Episode 4.2"	44 min	23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)
23	3	"Episode 4.3"	42 min	2 March 2021 (2021-03-02)
24	4	"Episode 4.4"	44 min	9 March 2021 (2021-03-09)
25	5	"Episode 4.5"	42 min	16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)
26	6	"Episode 4.6"	43 min	23 March 2021 (2021-03-23)

Season 5: Oskarżenie

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original air date
27	1	"Episode 5.1"	43 min	30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)
28	2	"Episode 5.2"	42 min	6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)
29	3	"Episode 5.3"	42 min	14 December 2021 (2021-12-14)
30	4	"Episode 5.4"	40 min	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
31	5	"Episode 5.5"	40 min	28 December 2021 (2021-12-28)
32	6	"Episode 5.6"	44 min	4 January 2022 (2022-01-04)

Production

The series was filmed in Warsaw as well as Augustów, Białystok, Suwałki, and Kolno in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.^[1]^[2]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2020	Polish Film Awards	Best TV Series	Chyłka. Kasacja	Nominated	^[3]^[4]
2020	Polish Film Awards	Best TV Series	Chyłka. Zaginięcie	Nominated	^[3]^[4]
2021	Polish Film Awards	Best TV Series	Chyłka. Rewizja	Nominated	^[5]^[6]