What year is 1983 set?
I have been watching 1983 on Netflix and love it but I am from America. I do not understand their history.
When I was watching this show, it was a bit hard and confusing to understand it because I do not know much about Poland. I do know that the Germany invade there in the 1930's and 40's. Poland was under the communist after that and they had the SB.
Did the movie take place in 1983 or in 20 years later in 2003? When I watched the show, this girl was telling the guy that she would text him. It makes me think that it does not actually take place in 1983.
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In the movie universe, in 1983 there was a terrorist attack that has stopped all the real-life changes which culminated in the fall of the Iron Curtain. The current action of the movie takes place 20 years later, in 2003, but there are occasional retrospections looking back to 1983.
The title is, of course, a nod to the George Orwell book '1984', which describes a world in a perpetual state of war, omnipresent government surveillance and propaganda.
Since the OP was a bit confused about the dates, let me put them here:
- 1918 - Poland regains independence after 123 years after being partitioned between Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia
- 1 September 1939 - Second World War starts, Nazi Germany invades Poland
- June 1945 - Soviet-controlled government is formed on the territory
of the liberated Poland - 1952 - In the new constitution Poland is officially called "The People's Republic of Poland" (PRL)
- 13 December 1981 - Army declares martial law as a measure to fight the growing anti-Soviet opposition
- 22 July 1983 - The martial law is lifted
- June 1989 - After the wave of strikes, the government decides allows the anti-Soviet opposition to partially participate in the election. The opposition takes 99% of the available seats and in the effect, a first non-communist government is formed, the country is renamed to "Republic of Poland"
- 9 November 1989 The Berlin Wall falls, officially ending the Cold War
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Where does 1983 take place?
The drama takes place in 2003, 20 years after a fictional terrorist attack which ultimately prevented Poland's liberation and halted the fall of the Soviet Union. Most of the series takes place in Poland, with Krakow's main square appearing in the trailer.What is the plot of 1983?
1983 imagines a world where the Cold War never ended, thanks in part due to a series of terrorist attacks that prevented the Iron Curtain from falling, pushing Poland into becoming a totalitarian state and an Orwellian nightmare. Skip forward 20 years and it's here where the story predominantly takes place, in 2003.How many seasons are in 1983?
Netflix only released 1983 recently, so it's too premature to say whether the series will be returning. All recommissions will be based on ratings but it seems likely that 1983 could get another series if the success of sci-fi shows like the Rain, Altered Carbon and Dark are anything to go by.That was the year 1983. Events which shaped our world. '
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