# Wojciech Jerzy Has's best films

A master of literary adaptation and dreamlike cinema, from The Noose to The Fabulous Journey of Balthazar Kober: Has's films according to Polish Radio, the Polish Film Academy and Filmweb.

- 20 votes · 14 items
- Apr 9, 2022 · frame24_trojmiasto
- https://even.best/en/l/3615/wojciech-jerzy-has-s-best-films

## Top 14

1. **The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — From Bruno Schulz; Jury Prize at Cannes.
2. **Farewells (1958)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A Łódź love story before and after the war.
3. **Shared Room (1959)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From Zbigniew Uniłowski.
4. **Gold (1961)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — On a building site in Nowa Huta.
5. **The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Zbigniew Cybulski, from Jan Potocki; one of Martin Scorsese's favourite films.
6. **The Noose (1957)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — His debut, from Marek Hłasko: an alcoholic's last day.
7. **Partings (1960)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An actress returns home for a funeral.
8. **The Write-Off (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A writer imprisoned in a fortress.
9. **The Codes (1966)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — A father returns from exile to learn his son's fate.
10. **A Boring Story (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — From Chekhov.
11. **The Fabulous Journey of Balthazar Kober (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His last film: a boy in a medieval world.
12. **The Doll (1968)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Mariusz Dmochowski as Wokulski, from Bolesław Prus.
13. **How to Be Loved (1962)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Barbara Krafftówna and memories of the Occupation.
14. **Memoirs of a Sinner (1985)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — From James Hogg.

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