Wojciech Has

In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden, captain in the Walloon guard. A man of honor and courage, he seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin and seduce him; he wakes beside corpses under a gallows. He meets a hermit priest and a goatherd; each tells his story; he wakes again by the gallows... (imdb)

Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, girls from his early life, and his parents. It is an interior adventure, with unusual atmospheric flair and extraordinary sets. (imdb)

A study of alcoholism with an excellent performance by Gustaw Holoubek as Kuba, a man who helplessly tries to battle his addiction before ultimately giving up and committing suicide. (culture.pl)

A father searches for his son, who has been missing since WW II, in post-war Poland. In his quest for the truth about his son, the father is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself. (imdb)

Set in Poland just before and during World War II, this drama directed by Wolkeieck Has and written by Stanislaw Dygat looks at the nature of the economic and social elite during this time, and how they interact with the less-privileged majority. (All Movie Guide)

Magdalena, an actress, a mature and free woman, comes back to her home town after many years for her grandad’s funeral. She doesn’t really get along with her relatives. The beginning of her affair with a young man met on the train would be a goodbye. A goodbye with the lover and a place full of memories. (35mm.online)

An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator... (imdb)

Anatomy professor Nikolai Stepanovich analyzes his life to find that it generally lacks meaning and consists solely of the monotony of daily activities. Social conventions prevent him from pursuing a relationship with a woman who might provide the meaning he misses in his life. Ultimately she abandons him. This drama about solitude is yet another film in which Has explores a lost life and helplessness. (culture.pl)

A dream-like odyssey of a young man across plague-ridden 16th century Germany. (imdb)

A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and novice writers, presented against the social context of the 1930s.

A wealthy businessman falls in love with a young lady, and tries to win her with money

A little boy wants an accordion,

A recently resurrected corpse recounts his life story, focusing on his strange relationship with a murderous alter-ego.

he battered Warsaw is getting back to life after the WW2 destruction. The ruins of the Old Town become homes once again.

Documentary on working in the production of new products in the Cegielski factory.

A personal and lyrical vision of Cracow presented by Wojciech Has. The nostalgic tone of the narrator/protagonist talks about a city he regrets having to leave.

A young journalist is arrested for freethinking ideas and placed in a cell with a famous safe-breaker and a former cleric, who murdered his mistress’ husband.