The Eastern Gate (Polish: Przesmyk, lit. 'Corridor') is a Polish suspense thriller television series. The first season was released on Max on 31 January 2025.
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Premise
Ewa Oginiec, a veteran Polish intelligence officer suffering from occupational burnout, is set to retire before learning that her lover, a fellow agent, has gone missing on an undercover assignment investigating Russian military activity in the region. She agrees to replace him in exchange for her superiors agreeing to help find him. The title refers to the Suwałki Gap, a strategic NATO area around the Polish-Lithuanian border.
Cast
Lena Góra as Ewa Oginiec
Bartłomiej Topa as Krzysztof Hałaj
Andrzej Konopka as Zbigniew Lange
Karol Pocheć as Skiner
Ewelina Starejki as Helena Jankulowska
Leszek Lichota as Tadeusz Lemański
Kamila Urzędowska as Inka Nawrot
Piotr Żurawski as Błażej
Tomasz Ziętek as Jan Drawicz
Eliza Rycembel as Maria Drawicz
Alona Szostak as Tamara Sorokina
Aleh Garbuz as Nikolaj Sorokin, Tamara's husband
Dariusz Chojnacki as Lieutenant Adamus
Antoni Sztaba as Kaj
Artur Paczesny as Olaf Klemensiewicz
Dmytro Malkov as Skopincew
Lidia Sadowa as Paulina Oginiec
Michał Sikorski as Jasiek
Zbigniew Stryj as Dedra-Łęcki
Jan Englert as Minister
Piotr Pacek as Michał
Magdalena Walach as Maria Niedźwiecka
Sergei Abolomov as Generał Kozłow
Mirosław Zbrojewicz as Paweł Niedźwiecki
Andrew Zhuravsky as Aleksiej Sorokin
Production
The first season was shot in and around Gliwice, Sosnowiec, Katowice, Kraków, Zakopane, and Warsaw. Production on the second season began in early February 2026.
Release
The series' first promotional image was released in on 2 May 2024. A teaser trailer was released on 24 October 2024. The first season was released on 31 January 2025. On 24 March 2025, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season.
