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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).
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 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.
Sep 4, 2015 · Adapted from the highly esteemed explorer Jan Potocki’s magnum opus, “The Saragossa Manuscript” encompasses a whole new supernatural world. During Napoleon’s invasion of Spain, two soldiers of opposing sides discover a strange manuscript at an Inn.
Plot summary. The Manuscript Found in Saragossa collects intertwining stories, all of them set in whole or in part in Spain, with a large and colorful cast of Romani, thieves, inquisitors, a cabbalist, a geometer, the cabbalist's beautiful sister, two Moorish princesses (Emina and Zubeida) and others that the brave, perhaps foolhardy, Walloon ...
- Potocki, Jan, hrabia, Ian Maclean
- 1805
Synopsis 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...
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- Drama
Jul 11, 2023 · The Saragossa Manuscript is in line with the trend of a great historical fresco based on literature (admittedly not typically Polish, but written by a Pole). Nevertheless, as Stanisław Janicki writes, it enjoyed “less appreciation from the public”.
