1670

Amazing idea for the office like comedy placed in 17th century Poland. I can only hope this is so funny also for non-polish audience.

Scenes are fantastic based in real town scenery (not a cgi), the characters are so vivid and adorable. The leading actor finally found it's perfect spot to play and show his true skills even though this is only comedy series.

I've never seen that Polish producers pulled off such a great show where even the current events are mentioed but in a very stylish way. Best of this that many problemy can be understand by eu audience.

Feel free to jump in random episode - you will immerse to this world immedietally.

The mockumentary comedy style has been popular since the UK version of "The Office", its American remake (one of the few successful American versions of an overseas TV show), and countless spin-offs.

"1670" is Poland's version of the mockumentary formula.

It takes a lot of the tropes from the genre: the arrogant but dimwitted main character, the slowly building romance that pays off at the end, enjoyable comic relief characters, lots of farcical humour, and plenty of direct-to-camera asides.

Jan Pawel Adamczewski (Bartlomiej Topa) - the head of a Szlachta noble family - is the David Brent/Michael Scott archetype: blessed with a healthy ego and oblivious to how stupid and useless he actually is. Not surprisingly, most of the jokes are at his expense, along with plenty of jokes about the quirks of living in 17th century Poland. Though those familiar with Polish history will probably need to leave their knowledge at the door.

The big drawback of this show is the American dubbing on Netflix. With the all-Polish cast speaking Polish, the dubbing feels unnatural at first, but you eventually get used to it. It's a shame Netflix didn't keep it in the original language with subtitles: perhaps they were worried a show in a foreign language wouldn't be as popular as one with American accents?

Despite this dubbing issues, "1670" is an enjoyable mockumentary that's worth investing your time in.

Very good time period comedy while also touching many modern themes. Politically quite incorrect which is a great boon nowadays, the excellent witty writing, filmography, sets and costume design accompanied with a great cast makes it a must watch to all lovers of history and comedy.

Gave it a 9/10 due to some points probably getting lost to audiences that are not familiar with history, for history fans it will be a 10/10 for sure.

This from a Croatian that has some similarities with the historical setting, although not having the main social group involved, namely the Szlachta around which all evolves.

In Croatia we do have a similar type of comedy, but with the family of a Croatian Prince in early middle ages, called "Mrkomir". 1670 is on a much higher scale though, primarily in the writing sense, as it dwells much deeper in the satirical element rather than just scratching actual political themes while setting them in the middle ages.

Kudos to Poland for this production, hope for a new season soon!

The trailer is kind of weak, I wasn't convinced. But I tried it. Wow! What a pleasant surprise in a world full of garbage comedies. It's funny, it's smart, it's stupid, it's not politically correct, it's pleasant, entertaining. It reminds me of Norsemen, but in my opinion, this is way better. This comedy show is one of the best I saw in the last few years. This and "Cunk on Earth".

Too bad that probably a lot of people will not watch this show because is in Polish and they will have to read the subtitles. I am not Polish and I enjoyed so much

I cannot wait for the next season. I really hope that will be a second season. And more. 8 episodes are not enough! Please make some more seasons. The world of good comedy is so dry.

I've been quite sad that Netflix cancelled Norsemen as it was exactly the type of comedy I liked: witty, but pretending to be dumb and absurd. 1670 is just like that and maybe even a bit better. The show runners do not shy away from portraying polarising topics like casual racism and discrimination in a humorous way that first makes one laugh, but then find themselves in the show's characters and hopefully reflect a bit.

I also loved these nod to modern times they made (parking lots for horses, boat attendants telling the passengers about safety features etc.), they made us laugh every time. Hope Netflix doesn't close this one after a season or two like it loves to do.