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Books, shows and movies set in Poland [16]
you need to open your mind to alternative realities.
Yes I am a big fan of alternate history genre from Steampunk to Len Deighton's SS-GB to Robert Harris's Fatherland. Alternate History needs to be based on realism to be believable. In 1983 there was no realism or even a representation of communism that had anything to do with reality. The writer and director was lazy and thought oh police offices in poland in 2003 would be like shanghai cbd office in 2020. what absolute bollocks! Plus the writing was terrible.
This was the first Polish TV show to go global.
Only if one is a equates global to netflix, kinda like eating a 'polish' burger or meal at mcdonalds where all taste and culture is diluted for a global audience. As previously mentioned , Wataha (The Border) was a big success on HBO Europe and screened around the world. Also you should watch belfer (the teach) s1 which was on tv in australia as well.
@Milowslaw
Since you are in the U.K I am happy to report that the good polish serials I was talking about are on Channel4 for free.
Wataha/The Border is awesome
Befler/The Teach is awesome but s2 is rubbish
Kruk/Raven is incredible as well, though steals a plot twist from Mr Robot.
Chyłka/The Defense is o.k , usual TVN stuff.
All are representative of polish culture as they are made for a polish and not a global audience.
channel4.com/collection/walter-presents