Detective Forst

Detective Forst (Polish: Forst) is a Polish crime drama television series based on the Forst series by Remigiusz Mróz. It was released on Netflix on 11 January 2024.

Detective Forst
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Polish	Forst
Genre	Crime drama
Based on	Forst series by Remigiusz Mróz
Written by	Agata Malesińska Jacek Markiewicz Marcin Cecko
Directed by	Daniel Jaroszek Leszek Dawid
Starring	Borys Szyc Andrzej Bienias Zuzanna Saporznikow Kamilla Baar Aleksandra Grabowska Szymon Wróblewski
Composer	Maciek Dobrowolski
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producers	Marta Barańska Borys Szyc Tomasz Morawski
Cinematography	Piotr Uznański
Editors	Krzysztof Komander Maciej Kozłowski
Running time	41–45 minutes
Production companies	Forst Film Boma Films Haka Films
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11) – present

Premise

After a series of murders strike the resort town of Zakopane at the base of the Tatra Mountains, Detective Wiktor Forst steps in to solve the case with the help of journalist Olga Szrebska.^[1][2]

Cast

• Borys Szyc as Detective Wiktor Forst
• Andrzej Bienias [pl] as Inspector Edmund Osica
• Zuzanna Saporznikow [pl] as Olga Szrebska
• Kamilla Baar [pl] as Dominika Wadryś Hansen
• Aleksandra Grabowska as Agata Osica, Edmund's daughter
• Szymon Wróblewski as Staszek Kowalik
• Maciej Pesta [pl] as Gjord Hansen/Iwo Elijah, Dominika's husband and Forst's childhood friend-turned-foe
• Artur Barciś as Jarosław Rozwadowski
• Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik [pl] as Halina Sznajderman
• Piotr Franasowicz as Karol Adamiak
• Magdalena Dębicka as Frantiska
• Mikołaj Kubacki as Piotr Sznajderman
• Krzysztof Łakomik as Jędrzej Lakomik
• Elżbieta Bielska as Nina Pieniak
• Jerzy Rogalski as Leon Lowotarski

Episodes

No.	Title	Duration	Original release date
1	"Episode 1"	45 min	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
2	"Episode 2"	41 min	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
3	"Episode 3"	41 min	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
4	"Episode 4"	41 min	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
5	"Episode 5"	43 min	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)
6	"Episode 6"	44 min	11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)

Production

Filming for the series began in October 2022 in Zakopane, and later moved to Nowy Targ, Warsaw, and Slovakia.^[3][4] Filming was completed by March 2023.^[5]

Release

A teaser trailer for the series was released on 29 November 2023.^[6][7] The official trailer was released on 19 December 2023.^[8][9]