Poland's 17th century gets the mockumentary treatment in "1670", a period comedy that follows a minor nobleman's absurd campaign to become the most famous man in the country.
What is 1670 about?
Jan Poniatowski rules over a small, crumbling estate and a household that barely tolerates him, yet he is convinced greatness is one scheme away. The series plays his delusions of grandeur against the grinding realities of 17th-century rural life — feuding relatives, unimpressed peasants, and a social order that has no use for his ambitions. Shot in a faux-documentary style with characters addressing the camera directly, the show leans into anachronism, dropping modern attitudes and vocabulary into powdered wigs and candlelit manors for comic effect. Each episode piles a new humiliation onto Jan's quest for recognition, while the people around him — his exasperated wife, his scheming mother, the servants who quietly run everything he takes credit for — get their own moments to undercut him further.
About the cast
Bartłomiej Topa anchors the show as the endlessly self-assured Jan, with Katarzyna Herman and Martyna Byczkowska among the ensemble playing the family and staff who have to manage his delusions day to day. Michał Sikorski, Andrzej Kłak, Dobromir Dymecki, Kirył Pietruczuk, and Paulina Matusewicz round out the cast of a Polish-American co-production directed by Maciej Buchwald.
Context & significance
"1670" belongs to a small but distinctive strand of historical mockumentary, using the trappings of costume drama to poke fun at vanity and status-seeking that feels current despite the setting. Its period-comedy format and single-camera confessional style set it apart from the more familiar Persian-language costume dramas on K-Time, offering a lighter, satirical counterpoint from a different television tradition.
Watching 1670 on Ktime
"1670" streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can follow Jan's schemes in Farsi. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to log in and start watching — the page itself is open to browse without one.