Memoirs of a Sinner () 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.
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.Osobisty Pamietnik Grzesznika Przez Niego Samego Spisany (1986) New York Times Movies
Cast Piotr Bajor as Robert Maciej Kozłowski as Stranger Janusz Michałowski 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.Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany filmpolski.pl
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.
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.Cairns, David (14 November 2013) The Forgotten: Both of Me MUBI.com Notebook
See also Cinema of Poland List of Polish language films
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