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Memoirs of a Sinner

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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

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.

Premise

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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

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Production

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

Release

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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

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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

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References

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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. ^ "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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