Wojciech Has

Directing

Wojciech Has

Born April 1, 1925 · Kraków, Poland

Died October 3, 2000 · aged 75

Wojciech Jerzy Has (April 1, 1925 – October 3, 2000) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Wojciech Jerzy Has was born in Kraków, with Jewish origin on his father's side, and Roman Catholic on his mother's. During the wartime German occupation of Poland, Has studied at the Kraków Business and Commerce College and later clandestine underground classes at the Kraków Academy of…

Known For

The Hourglass SanatoriumThe Hourglass Sanatorium · 1973
The Hourglass Sanatorium
7.51973
MovieDramaFantasy
Jozef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Jozef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.
An Uneventful StoryAn Uneventful Story · 1983
An Uneventful Story
6.31983
MovieDrama
A well-known professor of medicine finding himself at the threshold of autumn of his life, takes stock of his achievements and experiences. "In the end it ends with what has been known for a long time: that conscious life without a fixed worldview is not life, but torment, horror. - wrote Anton Chekhov in one of his letters summarizing "An Uninteresting Story". The protagonist, Professor Nikolai Stepanovich, is a character characteristic of Chekhov's entire oeuvre - a Russian intellectual from the late nineteenth century, depressed by boredom and a sense of his own uselessness and the meaninglessness of his existence.
Two HoursTwo Hours · 1957
Two Hours
7.31957
MovieDrama
Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form.
Listy miłosneListy miłosne · 2001
Listy miłosne
7.02001
MovieDramaRomance
Thirty-year-old nurse Teresa spends her days caring for elderly, dying people. Janusz, a young man she met at an amusement park, enters the life of this bitter and disillusioned woman. Teresa doesn't have the courage to tell him how she feels, and he also has trouble expressing his emotions. They are helped by Julka, a girl from the neighborhood who likes Teresa. She finds a pile of love letters from the beginning of the century in the trash. By forging Teresa and Janusz's handwriting, she starts a love correspondence between them, rewriting fragments of other people's confessions.
Goodbye to the PastGoodbye to the Past · 1961
Goodbye to the Past
6.71961
MovieDrama
An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.
The CodesThe Codes · 1966
The Codes
6.91966
MovieDrama
An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.
The Saragossa ManuscriptThe Saragossa Manuscript · 1966
The Saragossa Manuscript
7.81966
MovieFantasyMystery
During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
How to Be LovedHow to Be Loved · 1963
How to Be Loved
7.41963
MovieDrama
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.

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