Direction: Wojciech Has

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Wojciech Has. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Saragossa Manuscript

1965 · Movie · 182 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Zbigniew Cybulski · Iga Cembrzynska · Elzbieta Czyzewska · Gustaw Holoubek

Plot 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...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

The Noose

1958 · Movie · 96 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Gustaw Holoubek · Aleksandra Slaska · Teresa Szmigielówna · Tadeusz Fijewski

Plot 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. The...

7.0

78 votes

7.0

78 votes

The Hour-Glass Sanatorium

1973 · Movie · 124 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Jan Nowicki · Tadeusz Kondrat · Irena Orska · Halina Kowalska

Plot The film presents a poetic, visually refined "journey through the convolutions of time" as experienced by the protagonist, Joseph (Jan Nowicki). The young Joseph finds himself travelling through a dream-like...

6.8

543 votes

6.8

543 votes

Harmonia (S)

1947 · Movie · 11 min. · Poland

6.4

43 votes

6.4

43 votes

My City (S)

1950 · Documentary · 6 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

6.3

22 votes

6.3

22 votes

Brzozowa Street (S)

1947 · Documentary · 9 min. · Poland

6.2

22 votes

6.2

22 votes

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

1988 · Movie · 115 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Michael Lonsdale · Daniel Emilfork · Emmanuelle Riva · Gabriela Kownacka

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

6.0

85 votes

6.0

85 votes

The Codes

1966 · Movie · 80 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Jan Kreczmar · Zbigniew Cybulski · Ignacy Gogolewski · Irena Horecka

Plot 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...

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Harcerze na zlocie (S)

1952 · Documentary · 18 min. · Poland

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Janek's Feeding Trough (S)

1952 · Documentary · 14 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Plot A documentary story with elements of a modern fairy tale.

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The Doll

1968 · Movie · 153 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Mariusz Dmochowski · Beata Tyszkiewicz · Tadeusz Fijewski · Jadwiga Gall

Plot Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money...

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Memoirs of a Sinner

1986 · Movie · 125 min. · Poland

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Gold Dreams

1962 · Movie · 91 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Krzysztof Chamiec · Elzbieta Czyzewska · Halina Dobrucka · Tadeusz Fijewski

Plot Set on the building site of an energy plant, it centers on a young man who finds it difficult to work in a team and simultaneously harbors a secret. He...

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Nasz zespól (S)

1955 · Documentary · 32 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

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Zielarze z Kamiennej Doliny (S)

1952 · Documentary · 14 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

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Write and Fight

1985 · Movie · 120 min. · Poland

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How to Be Loved

1963 · Movie · 97 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Barbara Krafftówna · Zbigniew Cybulski · Artur Mlodnicki · Wienczyslaw Glinski

Plot 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...

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A Boring Story

1983 · Movie · 106 min. · Poland

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Goodbye to the Past

1961 · Movie · 72 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Zbigniew Cybulski · Wladyslaw Dewoyno · Maria Gella · Gustaw Holoubek

Plot Madaline, a young artist returns to her home town from Warsaw. She falls briefly in love with a man and this forces her to decide that she has to leave...

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Roomers

1960 · Movie · 92 min. · Poland

Direction Wojciech Has

Cast Mieczyslaw Gajda · Gustaw Holoubek · Adam Pawlikowski · Anna Lubienska

Plot The lives of several one room tenants in Warsaw's Old Town. All the young roommates - a poet, a student, a writer, a left-wing activist - have to face difficulties...

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