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Memoirs of a Sinner
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Wikipedia article
'Memoirs of a Sinner' 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114713/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/120987/Osobisty-Pamietnik-Grzesznika-Przez-Niego-Samego-Spisany/overview Osobisty Pamietnik Grzesznika Przez Niego Samego Spisany (1986)] New York Times Movies
Cast
* Piotr Bajor as Robert
* Maciej Kozowski as Stranger
* Janusz Michalowski as Pastor
* Hanna Stankwna as Rabina
* Ewa Winiewska 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 Klk in the Polish province of d.[http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=121626 'Osobisty pamitnik 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.
The critical perspective
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) [http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-forgotten-both-of-me 'The Forgotten: Both of Me'] MUBI.com Notebook
See also
* Cinema of Poland
* List of Polish language films
References
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