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Zmiennicy
DVD cover
GenreComedy
Created byStanisław Bareja
Written byStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski
Directed byStanisław Bareja
StarringEwa Błaszczyk
Mieczysław Hryniewicz
ComposerPrzemysław Gintrowski
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes15
Production
CinematographyWojciech Jastrzębowski
Jan Muszyński
EditorBogumiła Grzelak
Running time53–64 minutes
Production companyPOLTEL
Original release
NetworkTelewizja Polska
Release18 October 1987 (1987-10-18) –
12 February 1988 (1988-02-12)
Related
4 Alternative Street

Zmiennicy (English: Subs) is a Polish comedy TV series that aired on TVP1 from 18 October 1987 to 12 February 1988. It was co-written and directed by Stanisław Bareja, and stars Ewa Błaszczyk and Mieczysław Hryniewicz in the leading roles of Katarzyna Piórecka and Jacek Żytkiewicz. Initially, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak was supposed to play the female lead, but she declined; Krzysztof Stelmaszyk and Cezary Harasimowicz were considered for the male lead before Hryniewicz was cast.[1]

The series had the working title Zawód – taksówkarz (English: Occupation: Taxi Driver).[1] The shooting took place in 1985–86, with the series completed in autumn 1986.[2] Filming locations include Warsaw, Drzymałowo, Zatory, Kraków and Grodzisk Mazowiecki (Poland), Bangkok (Thailand) and Berlin (West Germany).[3]

Five DVD compilations were released by Carisma, each containing three episodes, with the first released on 12 October 2006, and the fifth on 22 February 2007. A complete boxset of the series was released on 11 July 2007.[4]

Synopsis

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Jacek Żytkiewicz, a taxi driver for the Warsaw Taxi Company (WPT), drives a blue taxicab No. 1313 in turns with his sub Stanisław Lesiak. In an idiosyncratic accident, the cab is crushed by a falling mouse statue and Stanisław lands in the hospital.

Simultaneously, Kasia Piórecka works as a minibus driver for the Tuchola Forest Cooperative Communication Equipment Factory. After a sexual harassment attempt, she resigns from a job she never liked and applies to be a taxi driver for WPT, but her application is rejected due to safety concerns. At that time, the taxi driver was exclusively a male job in Poland and with several attacks on or even murders of taxi drivers it was believed that a woman might be even more prone to be attacked. This does not stop Kasia, and again, disguised en homme as Marian Koniuszko, she tries and becomes employed in WPT. She, being Marian (a male name in Polish), becomes a new sub of Jacek in a new, yellow-painted taxicab No. 1313.

Living a double life is a complicated endeavour. At certain point, Jacek meets Kasia in her female guise, falls in love and starts dating her. Jacek is unaware that his girlfriend is the same person who is his sub. Kasia is still not willing to reveal her double identity fearing losing her job. This state leads to many complicated situations. Things get even worse when it happens that their taxicab is a key instrument in a large heroin-smuggling plot and two rival gangs will try anything to regain it at any cost.

Episodes

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Polski Fiat 125p from Zmiennicy on display at Poznań Motor Show 2016
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Conventional Prices"
(Polish: Ceny umowne)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		18 October 1987 (1987-10-18)
2"The Last Run"
(Polish: Ostatni kurs)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		25 October 1987 (1987-10-25)
3"The Girl for Beating"
(Polish: Dziewczyna do bicia)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		20 November 1987 (1987-11-20)
4"A Typical Logic of Males and Females"
(Polish: Typowa logika damsko-męska)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		27 November 1987 (1987-11-27)
5"Safari"
(Polish: Safari)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		4 December 1987 (1987-12-04)
6"Special-Care Press"
(Polish: Prasa szczególnej troski)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		11 December 1987 (1987-12-11)
7"The Warsaw Middleman"
(Polish: Warszawski łącznik)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)
8"Lucky Day"
(Polish: Fartowny dzień)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		25 December 1987 (1987-12-25)
9"Sentimental Trip"
(Polish: Podróż sentymentalna)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		1 January 1988 (1988-01-01)
10"Scream of Silence"
(Polish: Krzyk ciszy)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		8 January 1988 (1988-01-08)
11"Anticipation"
(Polish: Antycypacja)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		15 January 1988 (1988-01-15)
12"Citizen Monte Christo"
(Polish: Obywatel Monte Christo)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		22 January 1988 (1988-01-22)
13"Meetings with Themis"
(Polish: Spotkania z Temidą)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		29 January 1988 (1988-01-29)
14"Kiss Me, Kate"
(Polish: Pocałuj mnie Kasiu)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		5 February 1988 (1988-02-05)
15"Our Precious"
(Polish: Nasz najdroższy)		Stanisław BarejaStanisław Bareja
Jacek Janczarski		12 February 1988 (1988-02-12)

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak odrzuciła rolę Kasi Pióreckiej w "Zmiennikach". Dlaczego?". Świat Seriali (in Polish). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  2. ^ "O filmie: Wprowadzenie". Zmiennicy.com (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Zmiennicy (1986) - gdzie kręcono, sceny po napisach, ciekawostki". Filmweb (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  4. ^ "O filmie: DVD". Zmiennicy.com (in Polish). Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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