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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.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Wojciech Has
- 1965-02-09
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).
Apr 21, 2022 · 1965. Topics. polish, fantasy, gothic, horror, film. Language. Polish. 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.
- 182 min
Jul 11, 2023 · THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT. Genius movie from Poland. A forgotten masterpiece of world cinema. The Saragossa Manuscript director, Wojciech Jerzy Has never concealed that Luis Buñuel, one of the greatest mockers in the history of cinema, occupied a special place among his favorite directors.
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...
- Wojciech J. Has
- Zbigniew Cybulski
As the Napoleonic Wars rage across Europe, two officers from opposing armies meet by chance in Saragossa, Spain, where they're mutually bewitched by a book they find.
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- Drama
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Polish director Wojciech Has forges a teasingly crumpled route through time and space with this adaptation of Jan Potocki's early nineteenth-century novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Framed during the Napoleonic Wars, it's a hallucinatory onslaught on narrative conventions which launch when a solder busts into a house and discovers a ...
