Memoirs of a Sinner

Memoirs of a Sinner
Directed by	Wojciech Jerzy Has
Written by	Michal Komar
Based on	The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner; by James Hogg
Starring	Piotr Bajor; Maciej Kozłowski; Janusz Michalowski; Hanna Stankówna; Ewa Wiśniewska
Music by	Jerzy Maksymiuk
Cinematography	Grzegorz Kedzierski
Edited by	Barbara Lewandowska-Conio and Wanda Zeman
Distributed by	Zespol Filmowy "Rondo"
Release date	20 October 1986;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

Memoirs of a Sinner (Polish: Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany) is a 1986 Polish film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Piotr Bajor. The film is an adaptation of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) and tells the tale of the protagonist Robert and his doppelganger.

Premise

Robert (Piotr Bajor) is exhumed from the grave by a gang of grave robbers and is forced to recount his lifestory - a struggle between good and evil, embodied in his doppelganger whom he eventually kills.[1]

Cast

Piotr Bajor as Robert
Maciej Kozłowski as Stranger
Janusz Michalowski as Pastor
Hanna Stankówna as Rabina
Ewa Wiśniewska as Laura
Franciszek Pieczka as Logan
Anna Dymna as Dominika
Katarzyna Figura as Cyntia
Jan Jankowski as Gustaw
Jan Pawel Kruk as Guard
Andrzej Krukowski
Zdzislaw Kuzniar
Zofia Merle
Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak as Samuel
Elwira Romanczuk as Malgorzata

Production

The film was filmed in the village of Klęk in the Polish province of Łódź.[2]

Release

The film was released on 20 October 1986. Jerzy Maksymiuk's score won the award for Best Score at the 1986 Polish Film Festival.

The critical perspective

Has maintains the strangeness central to the novel, although he tends to focus on the creation of unease, intrique and beautiful images rather than Hogg's satire on Calvinist predestination.[3]

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References

Osobisty Pamietnik Grzesznika Przez Niego Samego Spisany (1986) New York Times Movies
Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany filmpolski.pl
Cairns, David (14 November 2013) The Forgotten: Both of Me MUBI.com Notebook

External links

Osobisty pamietnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany on IMDb

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[1] Osobisty Pamietnik Grzesznika Przez Niego Samego Spisany (1986) New York Times Movies

[2] Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany filmpolski.pl

[3] Cairns, David (14 November 2013) The Forgotten: Both of Me MUBI.com Notebook