Giraffe and Rhino Hotel

2008 Polish TV series or program

Grzegorz Łoszewski
Rafał Sabara
Wojciech Saramonowicz

Directed byMarek StacharskiStarring

Jolanta Fraszyńska
Rafał Królikowski
Franciszek Pieczka
Marta Bitner
Maciej Musiał
Kalina Janusiak

ComposerMarek KuczyńskiCountry of originPolandOriginal languagePolishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes13ProductionProducerRoman SawkaCinematographyPaweł FigurskiEditors

Rafał Listopad
Maciej Pawliński

Running time42 minutesProduction companies

Telewizja Polska
Akson Studio

Original releaseNetworkTVP1Release24 May (2008-05-24) –
14 September 2008 (2008-09-14)

Giraffe and Rhino Hotel (Polish: Hotel pod żyrafą i nosorożcem) is a 2008 Polish-language drama television series directed by Marek Stacharski, and written by Grzegorz Łoszewski, Rafał Sabara, and Wojciech Saramonowicz. It aired on TVP1 from 24 May 2008 to 14 September 2008, and had 13 episodes in total, each with a running time of 42 minutes.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Anna Miłobędzka and Roman Miłobędzki, together with their children: Aleksandra, Jan, and Zuza, move to a villa in a suburban town near Warsaw, Poland. There they open an animal shelter named Giraffe and Rhino Hotel, where aside from regular household pets such as dogs and cats, they shelter exotic animals, such as snakes, mokeys, and a camel.^[1]

Cast

Jolanta Fraszyńska as Anna Miłobędzka
Rafał Królikowski as Roman Miłobędzki
Franciszek Pieczka as Franciszek Alba
Marta Bitner as Aleksandra Miłobędzka
Maciej Musiał as Jan Miłobędzki
Kalina Janusiak as Zuza Miłobędzka
- Wiktoria Gąsiewska as the voice of Zuza Miłobędzka in episisodes 1–6
Antoni Królikowski as Maciek Bury
Tomasz Dedek as Jurek Krzywulski
Wiesław Wójcik as Kulesza
Henryk Talar as a professor
Artur Janusiak as a mayor
Krzysztof Stelmaszyk as Bury
Bartosz Turzyński as a veterinarian

Production

The series was directed by Marek Stacharski, written by Grzegorz Łoszewski, Rafał Sabara, and Wojciech Saramonowicz, and produced by Roman Sawka. The cinematography was done by Paweł Figurski, music by Marek Kuczyński, editing by Rafał Listopad and Maciej Pawliński, and scenography by Kinga Babczyńska. The series was produced by Telewizja Polska and Akson Studio. Its pilot episode, "Terrarysta", which was later aired as the 6th episode, premiered on 24 May 2008. The show was aired on TVP1 from 8 June 2008 to 14 September 2008, and had 13 episodes in total, each with a running time of 42 minutes.^[1]^[3]