1670 (TV series)
Polish satirical comedy television series
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1670 is a Polish mockumentary satirical comedy television series. The first season was released on Netflix on 13 December 2023. The second season was released on 17 September 2025.
- Maciej Buchwald
- Kordian KÄ dziela
- BartÅomiej Topa
- Katarzyna Herman
- Martyna Byczkowska
- MichaÅ Sikorski
- MichaÅ Balicki
- Andrzej KÅak
- Dobromir Dymecki
- KiryÅ Pietruczuk
- Filip ZarÄba
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| Written by | Jakub RużyÅÅo |
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| Country of origin | Poland |
| Original language | Polish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Cinematography | Nils Croné |
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| Running time | 29â44 minutes |
| Production company | Akson Studio |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 13 December 2023 â present |
Premise
The series follows the pursuits of Jan PaweÅ Adamczewski, the head of a szlachta noble family in the PolishâLithuanian Commonwealth during the late 17th century.
Cast
- BartÅomiej Topa as Jan PaweÅ Adamczewski, a Sarmatian nobleman and part owner of the village of Adamczycha
- Katarzyna Herman as Zofia, Jan PaweÅ's wife, a religious fanatic
- Martyna Byczkowska as Aniela, Jan PaweÅ's rebellious and progressive daughter
- MichaÅ Sikorski as Jakub, Jan PaweÅ's younger son, a business-minded priest
- MichaÅ Balicki (season 1) and Filip ZarÄba (season 2) as StanisÅaw, Jan PaweÅ's older son and heir of the family estate
- Andrzej KÅak as Andrzej, part owner of the village of Adamczycha and Jan PaweÅ's enemy
- Dobromir Dymecki as Bogdan, Zofia's brother, a hussar
- KiryÅ Pietruczuk as Maciej, a Lithuanian apprentice and Aniela's love interest
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Assembly" (Sejmik) | 36 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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Jan PaweÅ Adamczewski, a nobleman who owns half of the village of Adamczycha, is determined to become the most famous Jan PaweÅ in Polish history. He receives a letter inviting him to a territorial assembly (sejmik), where he plans to sabotage the proposed tax increases by his enemy, Andrzej, who owns the larger half of Adamczycha. At the assembly, Jan PaweÅ opposes all of the proposed motions and, due to liberum veto, they are all nullified. Jan PaweÅ considers the assembly a great success. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Estate" (Folwark) | 31 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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Because of profit sharing, Andrzej's peasants are happier and his estate (folwark) yields more crops than Jan PaweÅ's. Jan PaweÅ, who believes in corporal punishment and trickle-down economics, tries other methods to motivate his peasants, but they are unreceptive. Aniela is determined to recruit the peasants to her cause to fight climate change. Initially, Maciej makes fun of her, but eventually joins the cause. Jakub finds a peasant who he mistakenly believes to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Zofia is skeptical and asks the peasant to walk across water, but the peasant drowns. StanisÅaw announces his engagement to Jadwiga, a girl from the city. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Spring" (Wiosna) | 35 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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Jadwiga and her parents visit Adamczycha to meet StanisÅaw's family. Zofia is initially cold to Jadwiga's mother, Rozalia, but later develops a romantic attraction to her. Jan PaweÅ becomes annoyed when his family shows more interest in Jadwiga's cultured father, CiesÅaw. While showing off his sabre (szabla), Jan PaweÅ accidentally cuts off Rozalia's finger, effectively ending their children's engagement; it is later revealed that Zofia took Rozalia's missing finger as a romantic token. At a party to commemorate the annual drowning of Marzanna, Aniela and Maciej get drunk and dance together. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Equality March" (Marsz równoÅci) | 34 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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After StanisÅaw goes missing, Jakub, seeing a chance to inherit Jan PaweÅ's estate, tries to set up romantic opportunities between Maciej and Aniela in the hopes of getting her disowned. A march celebrating freedom and equality of religion is being organized, much to the dismay of Jan PaweÅ. Bogdan is kidnapped by Tatars and held for ransom. Maciej overhears fabricated gossip about Aniela's supposed engagement to a wealthy nobleman and is heartbroken. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Plague" (Dżuma) | 29 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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A traveling theatrical troupe arrives in Adamczycha to perform a stage play and Maciej is asked to assist in the performance. Jan PaweÅ learns about the Great Plague of London and becomes worried about his own health. Bogdan eats a bag of magic mushrooms and hallucinates that he is a son of the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Aniela investigates suspicious letters that Zofia has been receiving. The leader of the troupe offers Maciej an opportunity to leave the village and join them. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Duel" (Pojedynek) | 34 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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Maciej devises a plan to escape Adamczycha and join the theater troupe. Jan PaweÅ challenges Jeremi, Andrzej's cousin, to a duel. Aniela is convinced that Zofia is having an affair with CiesÅaw, but later finds out that she has actually been volunteering at a shelter for single mothers. Aniela feels guilty for suspecting her mother's infidelity, not realizing that Zofia has actually been having an affair with Rozalia instead. Maciej abandons his escape plan when he overhears Aniela confessing her feelings for him. Jan PaweÅ withdraws from the duel and selects a peasant as his stand-in, who promptly kills Jeremi. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Hunt" (Polowanie) | 30 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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Henryk Lubopolski, the son of a wealthy nobleman, is found injured in the woods. Jan PaweÅ and Andrzej, sensing an opportunity to improve their social status, begin campaigning for one of their daughters to marry Henryk. Aniela, however, is repulsed by the idea of an arranged marriage. During a hunt, Andrzej and Jan PaweÅ continue their bid for Henryk's favor, but the hunt ends abruptly when Jan PaweÅ and Andrzej simultaneously shoot and kill Henryk after mistaking him for a moose. Bogdan accompanies Jakub to an exorcism, but only to be mauled by the possessed, who recovers as the demon moves to quietly possess Bogdan without Jakub noticing. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Wedding" (Wesele) | 37 min | 13 December 2023 | |
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A peasant wedding is taking place in Adamczycha and everyone is invited, including CiesÅaw and Rozalia. Andrzej is forced to sell his half of Adamczycha to Jan PaweÅ to avoid paying taxes. Father Å»mija arrives from Sandomierz to investigate the disappearance of Henryk. Jadwiga and Rozalia have a falling out and their affair ends without either of their husbands finding out. Bogdan agrees to take the blame for Henryk's murder, and it is later revealed that Henryk was a wanted man, leaving Bogdan with a hefty reward. Aniela and Maciej finally share a kiss. | |||||
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original release date | |
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| 9 | 1 | "The Al-Inklusiv" (Al-Inkluziw) | 38 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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The Adamczewski family goes on a vacation to Turkey during diplomatic negotiations between Poland and the Ottoman Empire. After the Polish delegation's interpreter is shot dead for drinking alcohol, Jan PaweÅ volunteers to be an interpreter despite having no knowledge of Turkish. He ends up exchanging a series of numbers between the Turks and the Polish delegation led by Jan Sobieski that somehow manages to produce a final treaty. As the Poles celebrate, Jan PaweÅ's companion and fellow noble, Leszek, is overwhelmed after eating a kebab for the first time and dies in front of him. Aniela and Zofia become fascinated at how women are more cultured in Turkey, but their guide, Yasemin, chides Aniela for her patronizing attitude. An illiterate Maciej tries to find someone who can read a letter from Aniela for him, but his expectations are thwarted when the letter turns out to be a casual update. After learning of a tale about adultery and bestiality from Yasemin, Zofia is haunted by a talking donkey. | |||||
| 10 | 2 | "The Funeral" (Pogrzeb) | 37 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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Jan PaweÅ is tasked with bringing back Leszek's corpse and make the funeral arrangements. Things go awry when the corpse is mutilated by a wild boar and the Adamczewskis have to find a peasant, Bodzio, to play the role of the deceased at the funeral. Meanwhile StanisÅaw has to distract the widowed Countess Gryzelda by pretending to have fallen in love with her. Gryzelda falls for the trick and warns StanisÅaw against his father's dream of being selected to organize the upcoming harvest festival (dożynki). But she discovers Jan PaweÅ's deception at the funeral and awards him the hosting rights for the festival, knowing that it would crush him into debt. Gryzelda offers to take StanisÅaw in, but Bodzio rises from the coffin to urinate, causing Gryzelda to suffer a fatal heart attack and collapse into Leszek's grave. | |||||
| 11 | 3 | "A Quick Bet" (Gierka) | 38 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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Desperate to raise funds for the harvest festival, Jan PaweÅ agrees to play a game of high-stakes poker at a casino against another nobleman, Eustachy, and bets his and Bogdan's assets. Jakub deduces that Eustachy is suffering from extreme flatulence and resorts to locking the bathroom to prevent him from using the toilet, leaving him unable to focus on playing. Jan PaweÅ wins the game and doubles his takings, but returns to Adamczycha empty-handed after becoming addicted to a roulette game and squandering his money on it. Marcin, a royal marshal, arrives in Adamczycha to inspect the preparations for the harvest festival and impresses Aniela for behaving in a different manner from the pompous noblemen. Maciej becomes jealous at seeing Marcin and Aniela together and joins a syndicate stealing salt from the Adamczewskis in order to build a fortune and impress Aniela. Zofia begins suspecting that Aniela and Maciej are in a relationship and hires a peasant, Regina, to spy on Maciej. | |||||
| 12 | 4 | "The Ball Game" (Palant) | 31 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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Jan PaweÅ seeks to convince Bogdan to invest in his estate by daring his peasants to compete against Andrzej's former peasants in a game of palant. Aniela tries to help his father but is ignored for being a woman. Aniela then sports a fake moustache to gain his father's attention, allowing her to influence the teamplay. A misogynist Jakub enlists StanisÅaw to drug their batsman with steroids in the hopes of him winning the game, only for him to explode. StanisÅaw then volunteers in his place, but hits the ball with such force that it hits Bogdan in the head and knocks out one of his eyeballs, which he casually dismisses. Despite Jan PaweÅ's defeat, Bogdan agrees to invest in his estate, but on the condition that he provide him with a wife. | |||||
| 13 | 5 | "Witchcraft" (GusÅa) | 35 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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Jan PaweÅ, Aniela, and Maciej have to search the forest for Andrzej, who has been living there in a primitive state, and his three daughters in order for one of them to marry Bogdan. Jan PaweÅ is separated from Aniela and Maciej when he follows a rusalka. The rusalka tries to abduct Jan PaweÅ, but is annoyed by his constant bantering and abandons him. Zofia consults Baba Yaga for her personal and family problems, including the talking donkey, but they are caught by a monster hunter and brought to a torture festival to be burnt at the stake. Jan PaweÅ is reunited with Aniela and declares that she will run his estate. Jan PaweÅ, Aniela, and Maciej run into Andrzej at the festival. Andrzej agrees to the marriage proposal on the condition that he and his daughters will be allowed to stay with the Adamczewskis. Aniela discovers her mother and other witches being prepared for burning and unsuccessfully tries to prevent their deaths, only for Marcin to arrive and put a complete stop to the executions. StanisÅaw and Jakub race to the library to destroy evidence that their ancestor had forged his family's certificate of nobility, but end up setting the library on fire. | |||||
| 14 | 6 | "Kupala Night" (Noc KupaÅy) | 34 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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Jan PaweÅ and Jakub arrange for Andrzej's daughters to undergo a Bachelor-like competition to win Bogdan's hand, despite them preferring Marcin and expressing disgust at Bogdan's manners. Bogdan bungles his dates with Andrzej's first two daughters Teresa and Dagmara, but falls for Kornelia after learning that they both share the same eccentricities. However, Bogdan casually selects Teresa as his bride after Andrzej insists on having his eldest daughter wedded first, to the sorrow of Teresa and StanisÅaw, who are mutually attracted. As the peasants celebrate Kupala Night, Aniela and Marcin become closer to each other, while a prudish Zofia is unsettled by the debauchery and the talking donkey, leading her to seek sex from Jan PaweÅ who in a fit of selfishness, rejects her. Maciej rejects Regina's advances. In revenge, she betrays Maciej to Aniela for stealing salt from the Adamczewskis, resulting in his capture. | |||||
| 15 | 7 | "Krakow" (Kraków) | 33 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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Jan PaweÅ, Bogdan, StanisÅaw, Jakub and Andrzej go to Kraków to celebrate Bogdan's bachelor party. Aniela learns from Regina that Maciej has also been detained in Krakow for interrogation and accompanies the menfolk to Krakow disguised as their coachman. Maciej is pressured by Father Å»mija to identify Stasia, the ringleader of the salt syndicate but refuses. As Maciej is led out, Aniela rescues him. They are intercepted by Father Å»mija, but Stasia hits him unconscious in gratitude for Maciej keeping silent. Maciej tries to convince Aniela to run away with him to GdaÅsk, but Aniela, who is moved after discovering Rozalia's letters to Zofia, refuses saying that she wants to change Adamczycha and parts sorrowfully with Maciej. At a tavern, Bogdan's demon fully possesses him and flees after consuming loads of alcohol and being burned by the original baptism certificate of Poland that Andrzej passes to him as a wedding gift. The men pursue Bogdan to the tavern's escape room but are trapped as Bogdan kills their guide. Jakub distracts Bogdan to allow StanisÅaw to kill him, but StanisÅaw trips while lunging at Bogdan and stabs Andrzej in the foot instead. Bogdan begins to strangle Jan PaweÅ, but Aniela barges in and shoots Bogdan dead while the demon leaves him. Jan PaweÅ expresses confidence at Bogdan's estate passing to Zofia as his sister, earning sad glances from StanisÅaw and Jakub, who had unwittingly destroyed Zofia's family records in the library fire. | |||||
| 16 | 8 | "The Harvest Festival" (Dożynki) | 44 min | 17 September 2025 | |
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Bogdan's inheritance passes instead to Teresa, while Jan PaweÅ enters into a deal with Andrzej to use the money to fund the harvest festival in exchange for Jan PaweÅ returning Polandâs baptism certificate to Andrzej. Jan PaweÅ and Andrzej host a feast with the King in attendance. Andrzej upstages Jan PaweÅ by announcing his intention to become head of the community, triggering a hasty campaign by Jan PaweÅ to win support from the guests. The vote is tied after Jakub, fed up at his father belittling him, influences half the guests to vote for Andrzej before presenting the Adamczewskis' falsified nobility certificate. Jan PaweÅ produces Poland's baptism certificate given to Bogdan and blackmails everyone by revealing a translation error undermining the legitimacy of Poland's existence, prompting the guests to back down. As a compromise, the King grants joint leadership of the community to Jan PaweÅ and Andrzej. Jan PaweÅ celebrates but finds his children have abandoned him. StanisÅaw forms a traveling musical duo with Teresa, while Jakub leaves with Andrzej for Warsaw to further his ambitions of becoming the first Polish pope. Aniela courts Marcin but ultimately dumps him after realizing she still loves Maciej. Zofia finds out about Aniela and Maciej's romance and encourages her to find him. As Aniela leaves, Zofia encounters a donkey but gains the courage to ignore it before returning home to comfort a despondent Jan PaweÅ. In an epilogue, Bogdan revives following an supernatural thunderstorm. | |||||
Production
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Screenwriter Jakub RużyÅÅo was inspired to write the series after reading Fantomowe ciaÅo króla: Peryferyjne zmagania z nowoczesnÄ formÄ by sociologist Jan Sowa.[1] After learning the premise of 1670 from RużyÅÅo, producers Ivo Krankowski and Jan KwieciÅski collaborated to create the series. The team reached out to several broadcasters who rejected the series before it was ultimately greenlit by Netflix. BartÅomiej Topa, Katarzyna Herman, Andrzej KÅak, and Dobromir Dymecki were all cast without an audition.[2]
Adamczycha, a village of about 100 residents, was chosen as the series' setting after director Kordian KÄ dziela saw it on a map and liked the name.[3] Although the series is set in Adamczycha, it was filmed at the open-air Museum of Folk Culture in Kolbuszowa in 2022.[4] Several scenes were also filmed at St. Paraskevi Church in Radruż.[5]
Only when I entered the set did I realize how sensitively and precisely this world had been created. The set was not made of plywood, plasterboard and a piece of wall pretending to be a cottage. We had an open-air museum in Kolbuszowa, to which several buildings were added, which created our village of Adamczycha. It looked so authentic that you basically just had to enter that space and play.
ââDobromir Dymecki, Radio Eska[6]
Filming for the second season took place on the Croatian island of Vir in September 2024.[7] Filming wrapped in early December 2024.[8]
Release
The series' official trailer was released on 8 November 2023.[9] As part of the series' marketing, Polish influencers were sent bags of hay branded with the 1670 logo.[10][11]
In early 2024, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on Netflix on 17 September 2025.[12][13][14] To promote the second season, Netflix hosted a temporary exhibition at the Museum of Polish History, titled "We Are All from Adamczycha".[15] Netflix also organized a harvest festival (dożynki) in the village of Adamczycha, which took place from 19 to 21 September.[16]
On 1 April 2025, the series was renewed for a third season, set to be released in 2026.[17][18]
Reception
Critical response
Polish critics generally reacted favorably to the series, much to the surprise of director Kordian KÄ dziela.[19] Magdalena Drozdek of WP Teleshow wrote, "There was a high probability that the mocking series about the Polish nobility would be such a festival of embarrassment that we would want to forget about it quickly. But the creators of 1670 serve this embarrassment so well that you will have a great time."[20] MaÅgorzata Major of Wirtualne Media wrote, "Playing with history and tradition is something that does not always gain mass admiration, but for fans of absurd humor and crossing boundaries in comedy, the series 1670 is a must-see."[21]
Ola Gersz of NaTemat.pl gave the series four out of five stars, commending its humor, costuming, and production design. She further wrote, "There has never been anything like this in Poland. Finally, we learn to laugh at ourselves and we can be politically correct, but with class, humor, edge and... brains. It will be a hit."[22] Natalia Nowecka of Radio Eska called 1670 "a masterpiece" and "the series this country needed."[23] Katarzyna Ulman of Åwiat Seriali called the series "perfect" and commended its writing and performances, particularly that of BartÅomiej Topa.[24]
Tomasz Zacharczuk of Trojmiasto.pl wrote, "To point out Poles' national vices and ridicule the most frequently repeated stereotypes, using the story of 17th-century mustachioed Sarmatians and using the mockumentary formula typical of productions such as The Office or What We Do in the Shadows? Madness. It could only end in two waysâeither a spectacular flop or a spectacular triumph... It is with clear relief, but above all with the feeling of a great time spent, that we can officially announce the second one. 1670 is the best Polish comedy production of recent years."[25] Jacek CieÅlak of Rzeczpospolita compared the series to the 1981 film Teddy Bear, writing, "The series will be funny for some and painful for others because it does not recognize taboos."[26]
On the other hand, reviewing the series' first episode, Joel Keller of Decider wrote, "The first episode of 1670 is designed to be a laugh-a-minute mockumentary, but it barely elicited a chuckle from us. The reason why isn't the language barrier, it's the fact that the satire is over-the-top and unfocused." He also stated that "1670 has the potential to be a good ensemble comedy, but the comedy it aims for is way too broad to be sustainable."[27]
Accolades
| Award | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| Polish Film Awards | 2024 | Best TV Series | Won | [28][29] |
| 2026 | Nominated | [30] |
