Over 30 years after one of the greatest tragedies in Polish maritime history, the disaster of the ferry Jan Heweliusz returns will be heading to Netflix in a new ambitious series scheduled to release on November 5th, 2025. Titled Heweliusz , the production has garnered significant buzz within Netflix and is one of the biggest projects ever to come out of the platform, not just for its scale and cast but for its subject matter, which still stirs emotions and controversy in Poland today. Here’s what you need to know and all the first looks and behind-the-scenes snaps.

For context, the story covers the sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz , which went down in the stormy Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen in January 1993. Of the 64 people on board, 55 lost their lives, with only ni

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