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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 gypsy, 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 communist 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.
Original Release
02/09/1965
US Release
04/06/1972
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 Jędryka | Zibelda |
Janusz Klosinski | Don Diego Salero |
Bogumil Kobiela | Senor Toledo |
Barbara Krafftówna | Camilla de Tormez |
Jadwiga Krawczyk | Donna Inez Moro |
Directors
Writers
Tadeusz Kwiatkowski, Jan Potocki
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 Jędryka | 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 |
Leon Niemczyk | Don Avadoro |
Franciszek Pieczka | Pacheco |
Beata Tyszkiewicz | Donna Rebecca Uzeda |
Kazimierz Opalinski | Sheik / Hermit |
Adam Pawlikowski | Don Pedro Uzeda |