Directed by:
Wojciech Jerzy HasScreenplay:
Tadeusz KwiatkowskiCinematography:
Mieczysław JahodaComposer:
Krzysztof PendereckiCast:
Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Gustaw Holoubek, Joanna Jedryka, Janusz Klosinski, Bogumił Kobiela, Barbara Krafftówna (more)Plots(1)
Based on the early 19th century novel by Polish author Jan Potocki, The Saragossa Manuscript (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie) is a brilliant, sexy and extraordinarily imaginative film. Starring the celebrated Zbigniew Cybulski, the film is ostensibly set at the end of the Napoleonic War. During the heat of battle, Belgian officer Alphonse van Worden (Cybulski) stumbles across an ancient manuscript. As he reads, a labyrinth of stories unfolds and takes the audience on a teasingly twisted trail through time and space. Critics frequently cite the film as one of the great masterpieces of Black and White Cinemascope cinematography. (Mr. Bongo Films)
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A very interesting film, which definitely deserved restoration and obtaining a version that is almost three hours long. It is an example of how it is possible to shoot a historical epic that will not be uninteresting, boring, unnecessarily artificial, and serious. This is light, whimsical, and furthermore, it is also fantastic and, above all, very good.
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