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1983 is a political fiction. On 12 March 1983, terrorist attacks took place in three Polish places. They made that communism not only failed, but – in alliance with the church – even strengthened. Twenty years later, Poland is a regional power. Meanwhile, a degraded militiaman and a young law student are caught in a case that can upset a system.
It sounds intriguing, does not it? I expected in 1983, hoping it would be an engaging political thriller, interesting, something interesting to say about … that's about it all. And unfortunately, the Netflix scenario is his biggest problem. First of all, the case handled by Anatol Janow and Kajetan Skowron, although conducted reasonably, does not give any particular emotion or surprise. It is also written in a much larger text, in which the clandestine struggle for a better future of the country and the interests of the highest authorities in which various spies participate are important. However, there is nothing particularly original here. Basically, it boils down to a billion-dollar problem, which is more important: freedom or security. It sounds like surveillance, propaganda, identity research, and so on, but it's not very interesting, it's kind of stuck to the pile. The story of 1983 is a little confusing with a tangle that you can look calmly without total concentration, because nothing important has any chance to escape. Oh, it looks good, but after the projection, nothing in the man remains: no feelings, no thoughts.
Secondly, it is clearly here to build a world in which heroes exist. Some things are either very superficially translated and unsatisfactory, or are not mentioned at all. Geopolitical conditions are barely described, it is unclear why Poland is a superpower, what happens with the Soviet Union (except that it is weaker), the fact that Al Gore either the president of the United States follows nothing, and the alliance with Vietnam does not matter, except that there is a very large community of citizens in Warsaw. We do not know what happened to Solidarność, Wałęsa, John Paul II, Western Europe, etc. Either there was not enough time to explain it, or the creator of the series, Joshua Long was not only interested. Unfortunately, he did not care to show how normal people lived in this other Pole (read: those who are not the main heroes). There is no socio-economic and cultural context here. In addition to a scene, Kajetan and his beloved Karolina go to the lake and must enjoy the help and hospitality of the people of the province. It was not a coincidence that these scenes interested me more than many others. Unfortunately, apart from that, everything happens in a vacuum. Yes, everything looks really nice: there are very good pictures of the atmosphere, the look of Warsaw is quite interesting (how many subway lines!), The costumes and accessories are good. The visual and sound layer (the music is really good) is irreproachable. It's just that everything is empty and without engaging content.
Maybe even the heroes are more interesting? Well yes and no. The best is undoubtedly Anatol Janow, but it is not because he is a specially well-written character, playing only Robert Wieckiewicz. It's such a talented actor that he can sell everything and handle most of the dialogues at the horrible tone. In general, all the time, I have the impression that Więckiewicz is playing in a completely different, much better and smarter series, which unfortunately unfolds in his head. The viewer does not have the opportunity to watch it. Andrzej Chyra and Mirosław Zbrojewicz are also good, to whom even speaking in English does not bother you. Zosia Wichłacz and Michalina Olszańska are among the good performers, even if they do not face the numbness of the problems they have to say worse (but that's not really their fault). And everything would be fine if the main character, Kajetan Skowron, was not played by Maciej Musiał, who completely failed in this role. I have nothing to do with this boy, no other part of me has remembered (I'm not even sure I've seen anything with him), but here you can clearly see that the task that awaited him has exceeded it.
After all, 1983 is beautiful. The eight episodes in the series are effectively directed and have a good pace. But what if the only feeling left in the viewer after the last episode is disappointment? Because the potential was huge in this production. Joshua Long decided that it would be enough to sketch out most of the problems, to point out the others, to add a big secret and that everyone will be so excited by the fact that it is a Polish series of Netflix that they fall in love with his work. I'm sorry, it does not work.
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