This scandal shocked Poland. The creators of "Heweliusz" are making a series about "skin hunters"

It is known that the series will have 6 episodes and will hit the Netflix platform only in 2028. Jan Holoubek and Kasper Bajon will direct. A four-person group of creators is responsible for the scripts - Kasper Bajon, Kinga Krzemińska, Łukasz Czapski and Ksawery Bajon.

Filming for the series "Skins" will last until April 2027. They will take place in Łódź, Warsaw and the Silesian Voivodeship (Katowice, Chorzów, Sosnowiec). No information about the cast has been revealed yet. In terms of genre, this project is classified as a psychological thriller.

Netflix stipulates that the series remains a fictional story and the authors' original vision, and not a journalistic reconstruction of the case. The main character of the production will be Bundzior - a former prisoner and unfulfilled wrestler who starts working in the Łódź emergency service and is drawn into a network of ruthless arrangements.

We are interested in how greed can drive a person to crime. What drove these people? Why couldn't they say "enough" even when the price was human life? The desire for quick profit, the expectation of immediate results - these are attitudes that we still recognize today - explains Kasper Bajon, director and screenwriter of "Skins".

Holoubek: This story still hasn't been fully told

What was the "skin hunters" scandal about? In 2002, a journalistic investigation revealed that emergency workers were selling information about patients' deaths to funeral homes. Over time, it turned out that some of them, instead of saving lives, intentionally caused the death of patients.

This is not only one of the most famous criminal scandals in the modern history of Poland, but also an extreme example of the moral decline of public service. Still, I feel like this story still hasn't been fully told. It is difficult to comprehend its scale and understand how it could have happened. However, I believe that returning to it may be an attempt to come to terms with the past and pay tribute to both those who innocently lost their lives and those who suffered for years because of this brutality - explains director Jan Holoubek. Our task is also to show the broader socio-economic context of the transformation period, which is not without significance in the context of this crime - he adds.

On November 13, Jan Holoubek's latest series - "Midnight Silence" - will premiere on HBO Max. This is a story inspired by the Połaniec massacre.

The cast includes, among others: Łukasz Simlat, Tomasz Schuchardt, Adam Woronowicz, Jędrzej Hycnar, Tomasz Włosok and Magdalena Biegańska.