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{{short description|Polish crime television series}}
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| language = Polish
| title    = Ślepnąc od świateł
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| genre              = {{hlist|[[Crime fiction|Crime]]|[[Thriller (genre)|thriller]]|[[neo-noir]]}}
| creator            = Krzysztof Skonieczny<br />[[Jakub Żulczyk]]
| based_on           = {{Based on|''[[Blinded by the Lights (novel)|Blinded by the Lights]]''|Jakub Żulczyk}}
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* Krzysztof Skonieczny
* Jakub Żulczyk
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| director           = Krzysztof Skonieczny
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* [[Kamil Nożyński]]
* [[Jan Frycz]]
* [[Robert Więckiewicz]]
* [[Marta Malikowska]]
* [[Janusz Chabior]]
* [[Marzena Pokrzywińska]]
* [[Cezary Pazura]]
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| composer           = {{plainlist|
* [[Marcin Masecki]]
* Tomasz Mirt
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| country            = Poland
| language           = Polish
| num_seasons        = 1
| num_episodes       = 8
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| cinematography     = [[Michał Englert]]
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| runtime            = 55–60 minutes
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* [[HBO]]
* [[HBO Europe]]
* House Media Company Sp. z o.o.
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'''''Blinded by the Lights''''' (Polish: ''Ślepnąc od świateł'') is a Polish crime television series consisting of 8 episodes, which launched on [[HBO Europe]] on 27 October 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/series/noticias/9437571/10/18/Cegado-por-la-luz-Hackervilley-Success-las-series-que-llegaran-a-HBO.html|title='Cegado por la luz', 'Hackerville'y 'Success': las series que llegarán a HBO - Ecoteuve.es|last=elEconomista.es|access-date=26 October 2018|language=es}}</ref> On 1 May 2019, it premiered in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=HBO Europe's Original Drama Series "Blinded by the Lights" Available to U.S. Viewers Today|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/05/01/hbo-europes-original-drama-series-blinded-by-the-lights-available-to-us-viewers-today-631311/20190501hbo02/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=1 May 2019}}</ref>
It is based on [[Jakub Żulczyk]]'s 2014 [[Blinded by the Lights (novel)|novel of the same name]].
==Synopsis==
The series spans seven days in the life of Kuba Nitecki, a well-known but mysterious Warsaw cocaine dealer whose clientele includes politicians, celebrities, businesspeople, hip-hop artists, and hipsters. Nitecki is among a group of local gangsters led by Władek "Stryj", who are in turn part of a bigger gang, led by Jacek. Tired of his life so far, Nitecki decides to escape to Argentina.
==Cast and characters==
* [[Kamil Nożyński]] as Kuba Nitecki
* [[Jan Frycz]] as Dario
* [[Robert Więckiewicz]] as Jacek
* [[Marta Malikowska]] as Maria "Pazina" Pazińska
* [[Janusz Chabior]] as Władek "Stryj"
* [[Marzena Pokrzywińska]] as Paulina
* [[Cezary Pazura]] as Mariusz Fajkowski
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt6520930}}
* [https://www.filmweb.pl/serial/%C5%9Alepn%C4%85c+od+%C5%9Bwiate%C5%82-2018-786525 ''Ślepnąc od świateł''] on [[Filmweb]] {{in lang|pl}}
* [https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1247278 ''Ślepnąc od świateł''] on [[FilmPolski.pl]] {{in lang|pl}}
[[Category:2018 Polish television series debuts]]
[[Category:2018 Polish television series endings]]
[[Category:Polish crime television series]]
[[Category:HBO Europe original programming]]
[[Category:Polish-language HBO original programming]]
[[Category:Television shows based on Polish novels]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Warsaw]]
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