Review: Anno 1789



It is a swedish tv-serie that I would say is amazing. It is a historical drama about the last decade of the XVIII century in Stockholm. It mix the past with romance noire. The main character is a guy called Johan Gustav Daahd (pronounced like Dood), he works for the mayor of the city and his duty is to solve crimes and look for criminals who have betrayed the crown. He has to deal with an Ancient Regime’s mentality, it means the use of torture to obtain confessions and being very brutal. Nevertheless, for him is more important to apply the science of the crime in every situation.

On the other hand, there’s a secret complot to overthrown the monarchy leaded by the radicals who are influenced by the French Revolution’s ideas and the spirit of the Enlightenment. Basically the chapters show us a dialectical battle between these two worldviews, republicans vs monarchists. Daadh has to fight these radicals although he shares some of their ideas.

I would like to add that the way the male characters speak Swedish is very different from the one now. They speak in a strong and authoritarian way. However, the series can be obtained with subtitles in the network. I would give 8.5/10 to this show.

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