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The Saragossa Manuscript(Movie, 1965)

Original title: "Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie" (Polish/PL)
3h 3min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The Saragossa ManuscriptRating: 4.0/5 (with 5858 votes)
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 Poli... ()
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Additional Information

Production country: Poland
Plays in: Spain
Based on the work of: Jan Potocki ("The Manuscript Found in Saragossa")
Original language: Polish (PL)
Spoken languages: Polish (PL)
Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/09/1965
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie"
"사라고사 매뉴스크립트"
"사라고사의 매뉴스크립트"
Keywords: vorfahren, spain
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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