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Also known as | 'Lekarze Szpital Alicji (production title) |
Genre | Medical Drama |
Written by | Andrzej Staszczyk Justyna Stefaniak Marek Kreutz |
Directed by | Filip Zylber Marcin Wrona |
Starring |
Magdalena Różczka Paweł Małaszyński Danuta Stenka Jacek Koman Katarzyna Bujakiewicz Agnieszka Więdłocha Szymon Bobrowski Piotr Polk Marcin Perchuć Wojciech Zieliński |
Composer(s) | Łukasz Targosz |
Country of origin | Poland |
Original language(s) | Polish |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | Dariusz Gąsiorowski |
Producer(s) | Dorota Chamczyk |
Location(s) | Toruń, Poland |
Cinematography | Jan Holoubek Tomasz Dobrowolski |
Editor(s) | Krzysztof Boroń Piotr Kmiecik |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company(s) | TVN |
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Original network | TVN |
Picture format | HD 1080i |
Original release | 3 September 2012 – 30 November 2014 |
External links | |
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Medics, also known under the original title Lekarze, is a Polish medical drama which aired from 3 September 2012 to 30 November 2014 on TVN.
The series follows the story of Alicja Szymańska (Magdalena Różczka), a young and ambitious surgeon, who starts to work in a fictional Copernicus hospital in Toruń. She meets a group of charismatic doctors, who fight for the life and health of their patients forgetting their own weaknesses and everyday problems.
On 10 October 2011 it was announced that the network was working on a medical drama and the series would be shot in Toruń. Filming of the first series consisting of 13 episodes began on 21 October 2011 under the production title Szpital Alicji (Alicja's Hospital) and ended on 3 April 2012 in Toruń. The title was changed on 12 March 2012 to Medics. The series premiers on September 3, 2012. On 19 June 2012 it was announced that Medics had been renewed for a second season after receiving positive reviews from the network. Filming of the second season began on 17 July 2012 in Toruń, even before the first series' television premiere. The final scene was filmed on 20 November 2012 in Warsaw. On 9 November 2012 Medics was renewed for third season, which premiers this fall with 13-all new episodes. The cast will return to the set late April this year. On 6 March 2013 the medical series was renewed for one more season. The fourth season of the Medics will consist of 13 episodes and will premiere in spring 2014.
Young and ambitious surgeon Alicja Szymańska (Magdalena Różczka) decides to begin a new life. She leaves Warsaw and moves to Toruń, where she begins the job in a fictional hospital Copernicus managed by Elżbieta Bosak (Danuta Stenka). New job gives her the opportunity to develop her career and meet a group of full of passion doctors, who fight for life and health of their patients forgetting their own weaknesses and everyday problems. Filming of the first series consisting of 13 episodes began on 21 October 2011 under the production title Szpital Alicji (Alicja's Hospital) and ended on 3 April 2012 in Toruń. The title was changed on 12 March 2012 for Medics.