Has followed The Saragossa Manuscript with an equally ambitious epic superproduction, an adaptation of Boleslaw Prus' monumental 19th century novel The Doll, a sprawling portrait of decadent aristocracy locked in a slow decline countered by the steady rise of an avaricious yet disoriented merchant class. Remaining faithful to the scope and trenchant critique of the novel, Has also retained Prus' focus on a nouveau riche merchant locked in an obsessive and unrequited pursuit of a heartless and impoverished countess played by a startlingly beautiful Beata Tyszkiewicz. Has' love of dialogue as the crux of cinematic drama is fully embraced in the richly theatrical and largely interior world of The Doll which is further animated by the hypnotic gliding camera that was among the director's most resonant signatures.