diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx
index 108ca1a3..1fe3eef3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlayer.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Fragment, lazy, Suspense, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } fr
 import { qk } from "../lib/queryKeys";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { plexLang } from "../i18n";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import Hls from "hls.js";
 import {
@@ -77,7 +78,12 @@ export default function PlexPlayer({ itemId, onClose, queue }: Props) {
   tRef.current = t;
   const qc = useQueryClient();
   const [id, setId] = useState(itemId);
-  const detailQ = useQuery({ queryKey: qk.plexItem(id), queryFn: () => api.plexItem(id) });
+  // Serve the player's title/summary/rich detail in the active language (E5 S6), matching the grid.
+  const lang = plexLang();
+  const detailQ = useQuery({
+    queryKey: qk.plexItem(id, lang),
+    queryFn: () => api.plexItem(id, lang),
+  });
   const detail = detailQ.data;
   const duration = detail?.duration_seconds ?? 0;