BrzydUla | |
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Created by |
Wojciech Smarzowski Robert Wichrowski Filip Zylber |
Starring |
Julia Kamińska Filip Bobek Maja Hirsch Małgorzata Socha Łukasz Garlicki |
Opening theme | Anna Jantar (performed by Julia Kamińska) — "Tyle słońca w całym mieście" (So Much Sun in the City) |
Composer(s) | Łukasz Targosz |
Country of origin | Poland |
Original language(s) | Polish |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 235 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Grażyna Kozłowska Robert Wieczorek |
Location(s) | Warsaw, Poland |
Running time | 22-25 min |
Release | |
Original network | TVN, TVN HD, TVN 7, TVN 7 HD iTVN, |
Original release | 6 October 2008 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Majka |
Related shows | Polish adaption of Betty la Fea |
External links | |
Website |
BrzydUla (Polish pronunciation: [bʐɨˈdula]; in Polish brzydula means ugly woman while Ula is a common diminutive of the name Urszula) was a Polish telenovela that premiered on October 6, 2008, on TVN in Poland. The series was an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea. The Polish version told the story of an ugly but smart girl who started to work at the Febo & Dobrzański fashion house, and she fell in love with her boss, Marek Dobrzański. Ula had a sick father, Józef, a teenage brother, Jasiek, and a much younger sister, Beatka. The telenovela also told the stories of Ula's friends' and coworkers' lives. The series was first broadcast from Monday to Friday at 17:55 / 5:55PM, replaying the next day at 08:00 am and Saturday at 16.40 (when episodes were emitted from the whole week). The series was carried out in HD. HD version of the show was available on the TVN channel HD broadcast takes place in parallel with the issue on the TVN channel.
The opening song was "Tyle słońca w całym mieście" by Anna Jantar, sung by Julia Kamińska.
Show tells the story of Ula Cieplak, a not very pretty, but very talented and smart girl. Ula manages to get a job in a very prestigious fashion house Febo & Dobrzański, and falls in love with her boss, Marek Dobrzański, although he has a fiance, a co-owner of the company, Paulina Febo. Ula, as a very naive person, does not realize that Marek goes out with her only to save financial interest of the company. Because of her appearance, Ula is often an object of gossips and jokes. However, soon everyone realizes that she is an excellent employee and gradually built sympathy of her boss. As the time passes by, Marek falls in love with Ula and his relationship with Paulina ends. Meanwhile, Aleks plots against Marek, in order to gain full control over the company. As Ula changes her appearance, she gains recognition of Pshemko and the entire company, especially Adam, as well as gaining a lot of self-confidence.
Nothing is not certain until the last episode, but in the end everything ends happily for Ula. Marek rejected the proposal of Paulina, and left-out Paulina departures to Milan. During the fashion show, organized by Ula, Marek confesses his love. In the end, Ala and Józef, Anna and Maciek, Sebastian and Violetta and Ula and Marek end up together, and Kinga and Jasiek also reconcile.