Janna (TV series)

Janna
Polish	Janka
Written by	Janusz Łęski
Screenplay by	Janusz Łęski
Directed by	Janusz Łęski Adam Iwiński
Starring	Agnieszka Krukówna
Composers	Krzesimir Dębski Andrzej Korzyński
Country of origin	Poland West Germany
Original languages	Polish German
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15
Production
Cinematography	Jacek Prosinski
Editor	Miroslawa Garlicka
Running time	29 minutes
Production companies	Telewizja Polska Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Original release
Release	24 September 1989 (1989-09-24)
Related
Janka (1990 TV film)

Janna (Polish: Janka) is a 1989 German-Polish children's television series. Set in the 1920s in a Polish village, the story recounts the adventures of Janna, the daughter of an innkeeper. In 1990, the concept was spun off into a television movie of the same name.

Synopsis

The series is set in a Polish village in the 1920s and is about the adventures of the innkeeper's daughter Janna and two gangs of children, the "Wolves" and the "Eagles". After a duel between the gangs, Janna receives a ring from her dying aunt, who tells her that it has magical powers. The competition between the children's gangs is also reflected in the conflict between the adults: the conservative grandfather Nowak and the progressive Jakob Bromski, who introduces airplanes and electricity to the town, repeatedly clash. Janna's mother has a difficult relationship with her father and, against his will, is very fond of Jakob.

Cast and characters

Polish version

• Agnieszka Krukówna as Janka Nowak
• Tadeusz Horvath as Julek Bromski
• Krzysztof Kowalewski as Oskar Nowak
• Joanna Żółkowska as Mother Marta
• Grzegorz Wons as Jakub Bromski
• Zofia Merle as servant Adela

German version

• Eva Michaelis as Janna Nowak
• Jan-David Rönfeldt as Julek Bromski
• Franz Josef Steffens as Oskar Nowak
• Monika Gabriel as Mother Marta
• Christian Brückner as Jakub Bromski
• Ursula Vogel as servant Adela

External links

• Janna at IMDb