Netflix's foreign-language dramas are often some of its most hidden gems, and this is proving the case with its latest show, Heweliusz . The Polish-language show released on the platform earlier this week, and it has been quietly climbing its charts and is currently sitting in the tenth spot on the streaming giant's charts. The production was one of the most complex ones in Polish history, with the show featuring 120 named characters and over 3,000 extras . The five-part show was based on one of Poland's worst peacetime disasters. Here's all you need to know about it...

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Heweliusz is based on the 1993 sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz. The sinking claimed the lives of 56 of the ship's 65 passengers and crew and is the worst peacetime maritime disaster in Polish history .

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