The Pleasure Principle
Murder knows no borders
NR Limited Series 2019 · 10 eps · ★ 6.2 · Crime
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Mysterious murders has been committed in four post-communist cities: Warsaw, Prague, Odesa, and Leipzig. The investigations are carried out by three absolutely different in many aspects criminal police officers. Independently of one another, they soon come to the conclusion that all four murders are connected. Now, to solve the crimes they have to work together.
Directed by Dariusz Jabłoński · Written by Maciej Maciejewski
Network: Canal+
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Karel Roden Viktor Seifert -
Małgorzata Buczkowska Maria Sokolowska -
Stipe Erceg Anton Fried -
Magdalena Boczarska Janina Zarychta -
Mirosław Baka Mariusz Wozniak -
Mirosław Haniszewski Zenon Zarychta -
Serhiy Strelnykov Serhij Franko -
Robert Gonera Jozef Krawiec -
Nataliya Vasko Pathologist Olha - S Sergei Dashevsky Hotel manager
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Henrieta Hornáčková Kohoutova sekretářka
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