1670

1670 subverts the somber archetypes of historical dramas by transplanting modern anxieties into a 17th-century rural setting. The show treats the squabbles of a minor nobleman and his neighbors with the absurdity of a contemporary mockumentary, turning systemic inequality and social climbing into a dry, satirical exercise. Instead of dusty period reverence, the writing focuses on the petty ego of its central figure, played with stubborn self-importance by Bartłomiej Topa.

The comedy relies on the friction of placing current-day preoccupations like class struggle and family dynamics into a landscape defined by feudal traditions. It finds a particular, cynical humor in the ways power dynamics remain laughably constant through the centuries. By treating the past as a collection of familiar human failings rather than a romanticized relic, the series grounds its cynicism in a recognizable, albeit strange, reality.