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Poland is fighting over Netflix's 'The Doll' because it has become Wokulski [ANALYSIS]

Stuart Dowell
 25.09.2026, 16:08
Tomasz Schuchardt as Wokulski and Sandra Drzymalska as Łęcka in Netflix's The Doll. Generations of Poles were taught to ask why she could not see his worth. Netflix asks why he believed money and devotion entitled him to her. (Photo: Netflix/Rafał Pałka)
Tomasz Schuchardt as Wokulski and Sandra Drzymalska as Łęcka in Netflix's The Doll. Generations of Poles were taught to ask why she could not see his worth. Netflix asks why he believed money and devotion entitled him to her. (Photo: Netflix/Rafał Pałka)

Netflix recasts Poland's self-made hero just as Poland wonders what its success buys.