| Developer: | Tomasz Bagiński |
| Director: | Tomasz Bagiński |
| Music: | Atanas Valkov |
| Country: | Poland |
| Language: | Polish |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
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| Executive Producer: | Katarzyna Fukacz |
| Runtime: | 9–20 minutes |
| Network: | YouTube |
Polish Legends, also known as Polish Tales, is a Polish-language science fiction and fantasy short film series, produced by Allegro and Platige Image. It was directed by Tomasz Bagiński, and written by Błażej Dzikowski and Dominik L. Marzec.[1] [2] In the production also worked Marcin Kobylecki, Łukasz Alwast, Krzysztof Noworyta, Tobiasz Piątkowski, Jan Pomierny, and Marta Staniszewska. The series include 5 short films, that premiered in 2015 and 2016, on YouTube.[1] It is based on Polish legends and folk tales, including: Sir Twardowski, Wawel Dragon,[1] Basilisk,[2] and Baba Yaga.[3]
In May 2018, it was announced that Tomasz Bagiński would direct a feature film set in the universe of Polish Legends, titled Twardowsky 3.14. It was set to continue the story of the main characters from the shorts. It was announced that the movie would most likely premiere in late 2019, however, it never happened.[4] [5]
There were several song covers made for the project. Each song had its own music video set in the universe of the short series.[6] [7] The songs were:
An anthology titled Legendy Polskie, which consists of stories based on the Polish legends and folk tales, has been published on 30 November 2015 by Allegro. The stories were written by: Elżbieta Cherezińska, Rafał Kosik, Jakub Małecki, Łukasz Orbitowski, Radek Rak, Robert Wegner. The stories are:[8]
The book was originally published as an ebook, however in 2018, the paper version has been also published.[8]
The book Wywiad z Borutą written by Łukasz Orbitowski and Michał Cetnarowski, has been published in June 2016 by Allegro. It is set in the universe of the shorts. The authors have been awarded the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for the book.[9] It was originally published as an ebook, and in 2018, it was also published in the paper version. It has an audiobook version, recorded by Krystyna Janda and Tomasz Drabek.[10]
The shorts were met with a positive reaction by the viewers, with the first two shorts, Twardowsky and The Dragon, gaining 6 million views in the first few weeks after their premiere.[1]