The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
- Original title
- Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie
- Directed by
- Wojciech Jerzy Has
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Poland
- Runtime
- 3h 02m
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 160 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During the Napoleonic Wars two officers find a manuscript that tells the story of a Spanish officer. That officer traveled through Spain long ago and encountered strange spirits, a Qabalist, a sultan, and a Romani person who each tell him interlocking stories.
intricatemysteriousdreamlikegothicslow-burncerebraldenseatmospheric
What happens
The Saragossa Manuscript (Polish: Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, "The Manuscript found in Zaragoza") is a 1965 Polish film directed by Wojciech Has, based on the 1815 novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki. Set primarily in Spain, it tells a frame story containing gothic, picaresque and erotic elements. In a deserted house during the Napoleonic Wars, two officers from opposing sides find a manuscript, which tells the tale of the Spanish officer's grandfather, Alphonso van Worden (Zbigniew Cybulski). Van Worden travelled in the region many years before, being plagued by evil spirits, and meeting such figures as a Qabalist, a sultan and a Romani person, who tell him further stories, many of which intertwine and interrelate with one another. The film was a relative success in Poland and other parts of socialist eastern Europe upon its release. It later also achieved a level of critical success in the United States, when filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola rediscovered it and encouraged its propagation. In the 2015 poll conducted by Polish Museum of Cinematography in Łódź, The Saragossa Manuscript came second on the list of the greatest Polish films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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