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
Direction Wojciech Has
Cast Tadeusz Owczarek · Kazimierz Dejunowicz · Edmund Biernacki
6.4
43 votes
6.4
43 votes
Brzozowa Street (S)
1947 · Documentary · 9 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Has · Stanislaw Rózewicz
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
Direction Wojciech Has · Stanislaw Urbanowicz
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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
Direction Wojciech Has
Cast Piotr Bajor · Maciej Kozlowski · Janusz Michalowski · Hanna Stankówna
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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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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
Direction Wojciech Has
Cast Grzegorz Herominski · Gustaw Holoubek · Gabriela Kownacka · Andrzej Krukowski
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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
Direction Wojciech Has
Cast Marek Bargielowski · Wladyslaw Dewoyno · Ewa Frackiewicz · Janusz Gajos
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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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