Memoirs of a Sinner
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. Production. The film was filmed in the village of Klęk in the Polish province of Łódź . 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.