All Episodes of Wartime Portraits: Women
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A documentary series about heroines of the II World War. Stories told from the perspective of the characters are full of emotions and tension, they show courage, sacrifice, willpower but also recklessness or pragmatism. Characters
Season 1
N/A/100 votesHalina Szymanska
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/2023
Halina Szymanska (1906 - 1989) wife of the last Polish military attaché in Berlin. After the outbreak of WWII, she meets admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the Abwehr. As a result of this meeting, Halina becomes a Polish-British MI6 spy.
Director: Jędrzej Bączyk
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Halina Szwarc
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2023
Sixteen-year-old Halina Szwarc volunteered for the conspiracy. In the Third Reich, she conducted sabotage and espionage activities, gaining invaluable information about the activities of the German army.
Director: Krzysztof Rzaczynski
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Wladyslawa Macieszyna
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2023
Wladyslawa Macieszyna (1888 - 1967) served in the Pilsudski Legions, was a senator of the 4th term of the interwar parliament. During World War II, she maintained contact with the Polish intelligence network in Germany.
Director: Julia Rogowska
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Helena Marusarzówna
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2023
Helena Marusarzówna, champion in alpine skiing. From September 1939, she participated in the Polish resistance movement, acting as a secret courier, whose duties included carrying mail, money along mountain trails, and leading people.
Director: Aneta Popiel-Machnicka
Writer: Dawid Janicki
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Wanda Gertz
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/2023
Wanda Gertz disguised as a man took part in World War I, and then continued her military career fighting in the Polish-Soviet War and becoming Józef Pilsudski's trusted secretary.
Director: Daria Woszek
Writer: Dawid Janicki