A classic love story is being reimagined for a global audience. Nights & Days is an upcoming Polish historical drama series on Netflix, directed by Kamila Tarabura, that turns its focus away from grand romance and toward what happens after the vows are spoken. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the series traces a marriage shaped not by fantasy, but by time, compromise, and unspoken desire.
Rather than chasing spectacle, Nights & Days builds tension through emotional distance, routine, and the quiet erosion of expectations. Netflix positions the series as an intimate portrait of love lived day by day, across decades, where longing does not disappear but changes form. It is a Polish prestige drama rooted in literary legacy, yet designed to feel sharply relevant today. Here is everything to know about Nights & Days before it arrives – from the story and creative team to themes and release details.
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Nights & Days: All the key details (upcoming release)
- Title: Nights & Days
- Original title: Noce i dnie
- Format: Series
- Genre: Historical drama, romance
- Country of production: Poland
- Original language: Polish
- Release date: Yet to be announced
- Director: Kamila Tarabura
- Screenwriters: Marta Bacewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka, Kamila Tarabura
- Producer: Justyna Pawlak
- Platform: Netflix
What Nights & Days is about
Set at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Nights & Days follows Barbara and Bogumił Niechcic across decades, observing how a marriage changes when the routines of everyday life repeatedly collide with private longing. Netflix frames the series as a character-led exploration of love and marriage, shaped by time and by the slow shifts in what people want, what they dare to say, and what they are willing to sacrifice.
At its core are two contrasting temperaments. Barbara is restless and internally divided, while Bogumił is more grounded and pragmatic. Their differences are not treated as obstacles to be resolved quickly, but as the engine of the drama itself: a relationship defined less by grand declarations than by the difficult, ongoing work of staying together when expectations and reality refuse to align.
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“Our interpretation of Maria Dąbrowska’s masterpiece is an honest and emotional reflection on the myth of romantic love and the eternal battle between expectations and reality,” says Kamila Tarabura, the series’ director. “It is also a story about building a long-term relationship, about the fact that a relationship is work that can bear fruit throughout life. Barbara faces many universal dilemmas concerning sacrifice for marriage and family, giving up her own dreams, and the search for happiness,” the director adds.
That sense of continuity and cultural weight is central to Netflix’s approach. “Polish culture is a treasury of stories that have captivated us for generations. The story shown in Nights & Days is no different – it still charms us, becoming a timeless reflection on ordinary human dilemmas. That is why, at Netflix, we want to tell it anew to viewers, including future generations, through the talent and contemporary sensitivity of the young creators who are working on this production,” comments Łukasz Kłuskiewicz, Netflix’s Program Director for Central and Eastern Europe. “Following the enthusiastic reception of Forgotten Love and the huge interest in our upcoming series based on Prus’s The Doll, this is another Netflix production in which we bring an epic work of Polish culture to the screen, showing that these are stories that can still be rediscovered,” Kłuskiewicz adds.
Is Nights & Days based on a true story or adaptation?
Nights & Days is an adaptation of Maria Dąbrowska’s novel Nights & Days (Noce i dnie).
The legacy of Nights & Days on screen
Between 1931 and 1934, Maria Dąbrowska published the four-volume novel Noce i dnie (Nights and Days), a work that would become one of the cornerstones of Polish literature. The story’s cultural impact expanded decades later, when it was adapted into a feature film in 1975, directed by Jerzy Antczak.
The film was a major critical success, winning the Golden Lion at the Polish Feature Film Festival. Two years after its theatrical release, Nights and Days was re-edited and broadcast on television as a serialized production, extending its reach to an even wider audience. The lead roles of Barbara Ostrzeńska and Bogumił Niechcic were played by Jadwiga Barańska and Jerzy Bińczycki, whose performances remain closely associated with the classic adaptation.
Nearly five decades later, Netflix is returning to the same story, reinterpreting Nights & Days for a new generation through a contemporary serialized lens.
Behind the scenes and production notes
Netflix has confirmed the series is directed by Kamila Tarabura and produced by Justyna Pawlak, with the screenplay credited to Marta Bacewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka, and Tarabura. Filming is set to begin soon, and Netflix positions the adaptation as both a large-scale relationship drama and a story rooted in Polish culture and landscape.
Why Nights & Days is worth adding to your watchlist
Nights & Days is shaping up to be a new Netflix historical drama built on intimacy rather than spectacle: a long-view romance about what survives in a marriage when passion, pride, and responsibility pull in different directions. If you enjoy relationship-driven period storytelling with emotional realism, this upcoming release should be on your radar.
Nights & Days release date and platform
Nights & Days arrives on Netflix once production is complete. The release date has yet to be announced.
