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*The Mire*
The Mire
Polish	Rojst
Genre	Crime; Drama; Thriller;
Directed by	Jan Holoubek
Starring	Dawid Ogrodnik; Andrzej Seweryn; Zofia Wichłacz; Magdalena Różczka;
Music by	Jan Komar; Małgorzata Penkalla;
Country of origin	Poland
Original language	Polish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	17
Production
Cinematography	Bartłomiej Kaczmarek; Artur Reinhart;
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Showmax; Studio Filmowe Kadr;
Original release
Network	Showmax (series 1); Netflix (series 2–3);
Release	August 18, 2018 –; February 28, 2024

The Mire (Polish: Rojst) is a Polish-language thriller television series starring Dawid Ogrodnik, Andrzej Seweryn, Magdalena Różczka, and Zofia Wichłacz.^[1]^[2]

The Mire was broadcast on the Showmax online platform from August 19, 2018 to September 14, 2018 and from December 21, 2019, it is available internationally on Netflix. The second series, titled The Mire '97 (Polish: Rojst '97), was made available in its entirety on Netflix on July 7, 2021. The complete third and final series was released on February 28, 2024, under the title The Mire: Millennium (Polish: Rojst Millenium).

Plot

The series takes place in a fictional, nameless provincial town in western Poland. The original name “Rojst” describes special wetlands or mire – certain swamps that are deep and very wet. Not only are the landscapes around the provincial town in the series of this kind, but also the grey reality of the people and the system in which they live resembles a swamp from which they can not escape.

The Mire

Poland is going through one of its darkest times after World War II. It is 1984, shortly after the end of martial law. In the province, a double murder in the Gronty forest shocks people: a young prostitute and a local Communist party official were brutally killed. At the same time, two teenagers commit a mysterious suicide. Two journalists from the Kurier, a regional newspaper begin to investigate unofficially: the experienced Witold Wanycz (Andrzej Seweryn) and the young Piotr Zarzycki (Dawid Ogrodnik), who recently moved to the city from Kraków with his pregnant wife (Zofia Wichłacz). A web of dubious connections between crime, administration, justice, and politics soon emerges.

The Mire '97

More than a decade after the events of the first series, southwestern Poland is hit by a "millennium flood" in the summer of 1997. A flood dam breaks, flooding part of the city and releasing human remains in the Gronty forest. They are evidence of an unspeakable horror that took place over 50 years ago and in which the young Witold Wanycz was also involved. But the fresh corpse of a teenager also appears among the old bones. Corporal Anna Jass (Magdalena Różczka), temporarily transferred from Warsaw to the provinces, investigates his death with senior sergeant Adam Mika (Łukasz Simlat). Meanwhile, Piotr Zarzycki returns to town to take over the post of editor-in-chief of the local newspaper.

The Mire: Millennium

Fall 1999. On the eve of his retirement, Senior Sergeant Adam Mika (Łukasz Simlat) tries to solve the case of a Roma girl, an alleged kidnapping victim. Meanwhile, his old friend, Sergeant Anna Jass (Magdalena Różczka), comes back to town and is taken to a local hospital after a failed police operation that ended in a shooting. Thanks to her Roma origin, Jass establishes contact with the injured party and gets involved in the case. In the meantime, Wanda, the daughter of Kurier editor Piotr Zarzycki (Dawid Ogrodnik), goes missing. Tormented by remorse over the death of Wanda's mother, Sergeant Jass decides to help find the missing woman. On his birthday, the manager of the Centrum Hotel (Piotr Fronczewski / Filip Pławiak) is murdered. In the background of his tragic death there is the case of a mysterious letter from 30 years ago addressed to editor Wanycz (Andrzej Seweryn) and the story of the manager's son, who is looking for a mysterious newcomer, Stefan Jassijej (Janusz Gajos / Tomasz Schuchardt). The body of a young Polish woman is found during excavations in the Gronty forest. Despite evidence that the woman died in the 1960s, the local prosecutor's office publicized the case by presenting her as a victim of Nazi crimes. Assessor Kinga Matwiejska (Marianna Gierszewska) and sergeant Małecki (Michał Pawlik) conduct their own investigation into this case.

Cast

Dawid Ogrodnik as Piotr Zarzycki
Andrzej Seweryn as Witold Wanycz ^[3]
Zofia Wichłacz as Teresa Zarzycka
Magdalena Różczka as Sergeant Anna Jass
Łukasz Simlat as Senior Sergeant Adam Mika
Zbigniew Waleryś as Zbigniew Bryński
Piotr Fronczewski as Hotel manager
Agnieszka Żulewska as Nadia
Wanda Marzec as Wanda Zarzycka
Marcin Bosak as Jacek Dobrowolski
Michał Pawlik as Jarek Małecki
Tomasz Schimscheiner as Dr. Maryjański

Introduced in The Mire

Magdalena Walach as Helena Grochowiak
Patrick Boylan as Piotr Zarzycki
Dennis Kleinman as Zbigniew Brynski
Ireneusz Czop as Prosecutor
Jacek Beler as Militiaman Marek Kulik
Dariusz Chojnacki as Koledowicz
Jan Cieciara as Karol Wronski
Nel Kaczmarek as Justyna Drewiczówna
Michal Kaleta as Kazimierz Drewicz
Janusz Lagodzinski as Journalist Stanislaw Warwas

Introduced in The Mire '97

Ireneusz Czop as Andrzej Warecki
Michał Kaleta as Kazimierz Drewicz
Dariusz Chojnacki as Kolędowicz
Gina Stiebitz as Elza Koepke
Mirosław Kropielnicki as Józef Kielak
Franciszek Przanowski as Daniel Gwitt
Zuzanna Grabowska as Ewa Gwitt
Łukasz Lewandowski as Mirosław Gwitt
Artur Dziurman as Police Commander
Julian Świeżewski as Kamil "Raptor" Zacharczenko
Vanessa Aleksander as Joanna Drewicz
Anna Dereszowska as Hanna Wanycz
Łukasz Garlicki as Warecki
Piotr Trojan as Darek
Mariusz Jakus as Krzysztof "Jaszczur" Jaszczerski

Introduced in The Mire Millennium

Filip Pławiak as Young Hotel manager
Vanessa Aleksander as Joanna Drewicz
Mikołaj Chroboczek as Norbert
Artur Dziurman as Police Commander
Janusz Gajos as Stefan Jassijej
Tomasz Schuchardt as Young Stefan Jassijej
Ewelina Starejki as Donata "Muszka" Muszyńska
Sylwia Gola as Young Donata "Muszka" Muszyńska
Konrad Eleryk as Zbigniew Grochowiak
Tomasz Sapryk as Szustak
Piotr Głowacki as Prosecutor Zbigniew Leśniak
Marianna Gierszewska as Assessor Kinga Matwiejska
Wojciech Kalarus as Marian Hanys
Maria Kania as Viola Wasiak
Michalina Łabacz as Mrs. Jassijej

Episodes

The Mire

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Episode 1"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek	August 19, 2018 (2018-08-19)	N/A
Witek, a soon-to-be-retired journalist from the newspaper Kurier, and rookie journalist Zarzycki, start looking into the killing of local politician Grochowiak and a prostitute, whose partner Wozniak confesses immediately to the double murder. Zarzycki discovers that Wozniak was not at the place of the killing. Two young lovers commit suicide.
2	2	"Episode 2"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek	August 26, 2018 (2018-08-26)	N/A
Witek prepares to go to the West, but gets involved investigating the double suicide of the youngsters. Piotr collects further details from the wife of the dead politician.
3	3	"Episode 3"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek	September 2, 2018 (2018-09-02)	N/A
To be added
4	4	"Episode 4"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek	September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)	N/A
Witek finds out that Justyna had received money from Grochowiak. Teresa is distraught by Piotr disappearance. Piotr gives the knife he has recovered from the butcher to Witek to further the investigation.
5	5	"Episode 5"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek	September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)	N/A
Kulik kills the butcher while Piotr witnesses it while hiding. When Piotr emerges from his hiding in the forest, he's stopped by the old militia chief, Kulik and the procurator. Kulik shoots the old militia chief, then shoots Witek who was distracting him from shooting Piotr. Eventually Helena confesses to Piotr that she and the procurator maneuvered Kulik to kill Grochowiak.

The Mire '97

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
6	1	"Episode 1"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek & Pawel Maslona	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)	N/A
In the past, toward the end of the Second World War, German troops employ the local population for arm production. In the present, a teenager drowns in a flood. Sargeant Jass, who has just arrived in town, investigates. The local newspaper, Kurier, has just installed new managing editor Zarzycki.
7	2	"Episode 2"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek & Pawel Maslona	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)	N/A
In the past, Russian troops arrive in town and take revenge on German troops. In the present, Jass believes that some constructions were built in an area that should not have been permitted. Zarzycki would like to write about what happened at the end of the war. Drewicz is abducted while investigating the failure of the dike that caused the flood.
8	3	"Episode 3"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek & Pawel Maslona	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)	N/A
In the past, Witek is in love with Elsa whose family is German and under threat. In the present, Zarzycki publishes the article about the suspicious death of the boy, so that Jass and Mika can continue their investigation; they suspect Raptor to be implicated in the death.
9	4	"Episode 4"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek & Pawel Maslona	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)	N/A
In the past, Witek tries to bring food to Elsa, while Russian soldiers rape women. In the present, it looks like Raptor has been setup. Teresa and Jass have sex. Jass finds and frees Drewicz, whose abductor confesses he blew up the dike.
10	5	"Episode 5"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek & Pawel Maslona	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)	N/A
In the past, Witek is distraught at not being able to help his friend. In the present, the abductor of Drewicz commits suicide in his cell. Jass finds out that the murdered teenager had been adopted; Mika helps her. Zarzycki pursues other clues in another town.
11	6	"Episode 6"	Jan Holoubek	Kasper Bajon & Jan Holoubek & Pawel Maslona	July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)	N/A
In the present, Zarzycki escapes from his captors; Josef is dead. Jass stays at Mika's apartment; Mika continues the investigation into the boy's story. In the past, Witek tries hard to take Elsa out of the Russian prison camp.

The Mire: Millennium

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
12	1	"Episode 1"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	N/A
13	2	"Episode 2"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	N/A
14	3	"Episode 3"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	N/A
15	4	"Episode 4"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	N/A
16	5	"Episode 5"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	N/A
17	6	"Episode 6"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	N/A

References

^ "'The Mire' on Netflix: What You Need to Know About This Polish Original". Decider. 31 March 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "The Mire: Season 1 – Netflix Review". Heaven of Horror. 25 March 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ A younger Wanycz is portrayed by Krzysztof Oleksyn in The Mire '97 and by Antoni Sałaj in The Mire: Millennium.