The Saragossa Manuscript
1965 · ★ 7.9 · Dir. Wojciech Has
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.
- Released
- 1965-02-09
- Runtime
- 183 min
- Language
- PL
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Zbigniew Cybulski
Alfonse Van Worden
Iga Cembrzyńska
Emina, księżniczka mauretańska
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Donna Frasquetta Salero
Gustaw Holoubek
Don Pedro Velasquez, matematyk
Stanisław Igar
don Gaspar Soarez, ojciec don Lopeza
Bogumił Kobiela
Senor Toledo
Sławomir Lindner
Van Worden's Father
Krzysztof Litwin
Don Lopez Soarez
Igor Przegrodzki
żołnierz czytający rękopis
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
kapitan czytający rękopis
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Mosquito
Wojciech Skibiński
sługa van Wordena
