Memoirs of a Sinner

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

Memoirs of a Sinner
Directed byWojciech Jerzy Has
Written byMichal Komar
Based onThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
by James Hogg
StarringPiotr Bajor
Maciej Kozłowski
Janusz Michalowski
Hanna Stankówna
Ewa Wiśniewska
CinematographyGrzegorz Kedzierski
Edited byBarbara Lewandowska-Conio and Wanda Zeman
Music byJerzy Maksymiuk
Distributed byZespol Filmowy "Rondo"
Release date
  • 20 October 1986 (1986-10-20)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

Premise

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

Cast

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.[3] Jerzy Maksymiuk's score won the award for Best Score at the 1986 Polish Film Festival.

Comparison with the book

Has maintains the strangeness central to the novel, although he tends to focus on the creation of unease, intrigue and beautiful images rather than Hogg's satire on Calvinist predestination.[4]

See also

References
  1. Osobisty Pamietnik Grzesznika Przez Niego Samego Spisany (1986) New York Times Movies
  2. Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany filmpolski.pl
  3. "FilmPolski.pl". FilmPolski (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  4. Cairns, David (14 November 2013) The Forgotten: Both of Me MUBI.com Notebook
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