Klan (TV series)

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Klan
Creator(s)	Paweł Karpiński
Senior cast member(s)	Barbara Bursztynowicz Andrzej Grabarczyk Izabela Trojanowska Tomasz Stockinger Agnieszka Kotulanka Piotr Cyrwus Paulina Holtz Kaja Paschalska Dorota Naruszewicz Daniel Zawadzki
No. of episodes	1490 (June 04, 2008)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Paweł Karpiński
Head writer(s)	Paweł Karpiński
Distributor	TRIPLAN
Running time	23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	TVP 1
Premiere date	22 September 1997

Klan (eng. Clan) is the longest-running Polish soap opera, one of the first to come into creation. It has been filmed since 1997 and is still running with over 1400 episodes. Now the 11th season is aired from Monday to Friday on TVP1 at 5.30 PM (Polish time).

Klan describes the fate of the Lubicz family. Although the soap opera is quite old, it is still popular. Episodes tend to last around 23 minutes.

Contents 1 Current cast members 2 Recurring cast members 3 Deceased cast members 4 Ratings History 5 Characters

[edit] Current cast members

Actor	Role	Status
Tomasz Bednarek	Jacek Borecki	1997-
Barbara Bursztynowicz	Elżbieta Chojnicka	1997-
Piotr Cyrwus	Ryszard Lubicz	1997-
Artur Dziurman	Leszek Jakubowski	1999-2000, 2007-
Andrzej Grabarczyk	Jerzy Chojnicki	1997-
Wincenty Grabarczyk	Jeremiasz Bałucki	2005-
Paulina Holtz	Agnieszka Lubicz	1997-
Agnieszka Kaczorowska	Bożena Lubicz	(#2) 1999-
Jerzy Kamas	Stefan Ziętecki	1997-
Agnieszka Kotulanka	Krystyna Lubicz	1997-
Laura Łącz	Gabriela Wilczyńska	2002-
Dorota Naruszewicz	Beata Borecka	1997-
Małgorzata Ostrowska-Królikowska	Grażyna Lubicz	1997-
Kaja Paschalska	Ola Lubicz	1997-
Anna Powierza	Czesława Kurzawska	2000-2005, 2006-
Tomasz Stockinger	Dr Paweł Lubicz	1997-
Andrzej Strzelecki	Dr Tadeusz Koziełło	1999-
Piotr Swend	Maciek Lubicz	1997-
Kazimiera Utrata-Lusztig	Stanisława Dorobczyk	1999, 2000-
Izabela Trojanowska	Monika Ross	1997-
Agnieszka Wosińska	Sister Dorota Lubicz	1997-
Daniel Zawadzki	Michał Chojnicki	(#2) 2004-
Joanna Żółkowska	Anna Surmacz	1997-

[edit] Recurring cast members

Actor	Role	Status
Julia Królikowska	Kasia Lubicz	1999-
Paweł Grządziel	Jaś Rafalski	(#3) 2003-
Zuzanna von Nathusius	Małgosia Borecka	(#2) 2005-
Jacek Borkowski	Piotr Rafalski	1997-2003 (contract); 2003, 2004-
Jagoda Stach	Karolina Rafalska	1997-2001, 2003, 2006-
Maria Winiarska	Alicja Marczyńska	1998-2000 (contract); 2001-
Zofia Merle	Stefania Wróbel-Malec	2002-
Jerzy Bończak	Kazimierz Malec	2002-
Michalina Robakiewicz	Kamila Smętna	2003-
Mirosław Jękot	Antoni Zabużański	2000, 2001-
Renata Pękul	Renata Zabużańska	1999 - 2000, 2002-
Mariusz Krzemiński	Mariusz Kwarc	2005-
Jerzy Zelnik	Krzysztof Malicki	1997-1999, 2002, 2005, 2006-
Ewa Serwa-Galia	Matylda Szczęśniak	2002-

[edit] Deceased cast members

Actor	Role	Year of Death
Halina Dobrowolska	Maria Lubicz	13 October 1999
Anna Ciepielewska	Janina Kochańska-Ziętecka	20 May 2006
Zygmunt Kęstowicz	Władysław Lubicz	14 March 2007

[edit] Ratings History

Klan in 1997-2000 was the most popular TV series. Currently is #3 soap opera in Polish TV.

22 February 1999

• Klan - 10 912 000

20-26 November 2006

• M jak Miłość - 9 012 460
• Na dobre i na złe - 6 813 350
• Klan - 4 391 630
• Plebania - 3 914 680

27 December 2006

• Klan - 5 603 000

2 November 2007

• M jak Miłość - 8 950 000
• Na dobre i na złe - 7 696 000
• Klan - 5 213 000

[edit] Characters

The oldest generation

• Maria Lubicz - late Lubiczs' matron, mother of five children. She owned a pharmacy.
• Władysław Lubicz - Maria's husband. Some years before death he fell ill with alzheimer.
• Stefan Ziętecki - Maria's young brother. He is a laywer.
• Janina Kochańska - Ziętecka - Stefan's deceased wife. She was Maria's best friend. Janina led a women's shelter.

Lubicz Seniors' Children and their families

• Elżbieta Chojnicka - Maria and Władysław's oldest daugter. She lives at home in Sadyba and owns an inherited pharmacy.
• Jerzy Chojnicki - Elżbieta's ex-husband. He was a partner. He had romances with many women. Eventually he divorced with Ela.
• Beata Borecka - Chojniccys' daughter - she owns a cosmetics company.
• Jacek Borecki - Beata's husband. He has a position in a big bank. He is often jealous of Beata. He also betrayed his wife
• Michał Chojnicki - Beata's young brother. He wants to be a footballer.

• Paweł Lubicz - Elżbieta's twin-brother. He is a doctor and participator of clinic.
• Krystyna Lubicz - Paweł's wife. She works as a lecturer at Warsaw Uniwersity. She is also an interpreter.
• Agnieszka Lubicz - Paweł and Krystyna's daugter. She is a journalist.
• Ola Lubicz - Agnieszka's young sister. She studies sociology.

• Monika Ross - Maria's and Władysław's younger daugter.
• Daniel Ross - Monika's son. He has HIV. Daniel studies psychology. He lives in London with his girlfriend.

• Ryszard Lubicz - second Lubicz Seniors' son and their fourth child. He is a taxidriver.
• Grażyna Lubicz - Ryszard's wife. She works as a nurse in Pawel's clinic.
• Bożena Lubicz - Ryszard and Grażyna's adoptive daughter.
• Maciek Lubicz - Lubiczs' adoptive son. His biological mother Ewa (Ryszard and Grażyna's friend and neighbour) died many years ago.
• Kasia Lubicz - only biological Lubiczs' daughter. She is the youngest child.