The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) ( Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie )

The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Polish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
183 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Wojciech Has

Written By:
Tadeusz Kwiatkowski
Jan Potocki

Actors:
Zbigniew Cybulski ..... Alfonse Van Worden
Iga Cembrzynska ..... Princess Emina
Elzbieta Czyzewska ..... Donna Frasquetta Salero
Gustaw Holoubek ..... Don Pedro Velasquez
Stanislaw Igar ..... Don Gaspar Soarez
Joanna Jedryka ..... Zibelda
Janusz Klosinski ..... Don Diego Salero
Bogumil Kobiela ..... Senor Toledo
Barbara Krafftówna ..... Camilla de Tormez
Jadwiga Krawczyk ..... Donna Inez Moro
Slawomir Lindner ..... Van Worden's father
Krzysztof Litwin ..... Don Lopez Soarez
Miroslawa Lombardo ..... Van Worden's mother
Jan Machulski ..... Count Pena Flor
Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz ..... Don Roque Busqueros

Synopsis:

During Napoleon's invasion of Spain, two soldiers discover a strange manuscript at an Inn. The book chronicles the adventures of Alfonso van Worden (Zbigniew Cybulski - Ashes and Diamonds). Alfonso's passage through the dangerous Sierra Morena mountains is repeatedly interrupted by seemingly random encounters with an assortment of larger than life figures. Tunisian princesses inform Alfonso that he is their cousin and their betrothed; an occult scholar ensnares Alfonso with confounding stories about feuds between Merchants and hardships faced by gypsies. And of course, Alfonso never did expect the Spanish Inquisition.

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 seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin and seduce him; he wakes beside corpses under a gallows. He meets a hermit priest and a goatherd; each tells his story; he wakes again by the gallows. He's rescued from the Inquisition, meets a cabalist and hears more stories within stories, usually of love. He returns to Venta Quemada, the women await with astonishing news.

Alfons (Zbigniew Cybulski) is a young army captain who meets two women of Moorish ancestry at what appears to be a deserted inn near Madrid. They tell Alfons he is the descendant of a noble family and that he must undergo a series of challenging missions to prove himself. A magician tries to take his soul, and he is visited by ghosts near the mountains of Madrid. Author Jan Poticki committed suicide a year after the symbolic and allusive book this movie was based on was published.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 22 May, 2017.

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