Saragossa Manuscript

(Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie)

A favorite film of Jerry Garcia and Luis Buñuel, The Saragossa Manuscript is a brilliant adaptation of one of the greatest works of world literature. It is a Chinese box tale — a travel story about the supernatural and mystical opposed to the humanist materialism. It is 1739 as Alphonse van Worden crosses the wild range of the Sierra Morena, a land said to be inhabited only by demons—evil spirits and invisible hands that push travelers into chasms. Although he refuses to listen to those tales, his journey will be a sequence of supernatural and frightful events. But maybe they’re only illusions?

Director: Has, Wojciech Jerzy

Screenplay: Tadeusz Kwiatkowski

Cinematography: Mieczysław Jahoda

Music: Wielka Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia (Katowice), Studio Eksperymentalne Polskiego Radia

Film Editor: Krystyna Komosińska

Principal Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzyńska, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Gustaw Holoubek, Stanisław Igar, Joanna Jędryka, Janusz Kłosiński, Bogumił Kobiela and others

Runtime: 177 minutes

Release Year: 1964

Genre: Drama