The Witcher (TV series)
Sign in to saveThe Witcher is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired landmass known as the Continent, The Witcher explores the legend of Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and Princess Ciri. It stars Henry Cavill and Liam Hemsworth as Geralt, with Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan.
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Key facts
- Genre
- Action adventure Fantasy drama
- Created by
- Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
- Based on
- The Witcher , by Andrzej Sapkowski
- Showrunner
- Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
- Composers
- Sonya Belousova Giona Ostinelli Joseph Trapanese
- Countries of origin
- United States Poland
- Original language
- English
- Executive producers
- Lauren Schmidt Hissrich Simon Emanuel Alik Sakharov Tomek Bagiński Jarosław Sawko Piotr Sikora Jason F. Brown Sean Daniel Steve Gaub Matt O'Toole Mike Ostrowski Karol Żbikowski
- Producer
- Beau DeMayo
- Production locations
- Hungary (season 1) United Kingdom (seasons 2–3) Iceland (season 4)
- Cinematography
- Jean-Philippe Gossart Gavin Struthers
- Editors
- Liana Del Giudice Nick Arthurs Jean-Daniel Fernandez-Qundez Xavier Russell
- Camera setup
- Single-camera
- Running time
- 47–67 minutes
- Production companies
- Little Schmidt Productions Hivemind Platige Image
- Network
- Netflix
- Release
- December 20, 2019 ( 2019-12-20 ) –, present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Author
- Andrzej Sapkowski
- Country of origin
- Hungary
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Witcher
- Creator
- Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
- Cast member
- Liam Hemsworth
- Composer
- Giona Ostinelli
- Producer
- Alik Sakharov
- Production company
- Cinesite
- Filming location
- Poland
- FilmAffinity ID
- 647070
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- original broadcaster
- Netflix
- title
- The Witcher
- executive producer
- Tomasz Bagiński
- takes place in fictional universe
- The Witcher universe
- start time
- 2019-12-20
- Commons category
- The Witcher (TV series)
- number of seasons
- 4
- number of episodes
- 32
- distributed by
- Netflix
- audio system
- 5.1 surround sound
- social media followers
- 119000
- after a work by
- Andrzej Sapkowski
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Encyclopedic overview
The Witcher is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired landmass known as the Continent, The Witcher explores the legend of Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and Princess Ciri. It stars Henry Cavill and Liam Hemsworth as Geralt, with Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan.
The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was released on Netflix on December 20, 2019, starring Cavill in the lead role. It was based on The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny, which are collections of short stories that precede the main The Witcher saga. The second season, also consisting of eight episodes and based on the novel Blood of Elves, was released on December 17, 2021. The third season, which also consists of eight episodes and is based on the novel Time of Contempt, was released in two volumes on June 29 and July 27, 2023. Hemsworth took over the role of Geralt of Rivia in the fourth season, based on the novel Baptism of Fire, which was released on October 30, 2025, also with eight episodes. In April 2024, the series was renewed for its fifth and final season.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Witcher (TV series)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.