The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
February 9, 1965Release Date
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
February 9, 1965Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Zbigniew Cybulski
Alfonse Van Worden
Iga Cembrzyńska
Princess Emina
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Donna Frasquetta Salero
Gustaw Holoubek
Don Pedro Velasquez
Stanisław Igar
Don Gaspar Soarez
Joanna Jędryka
Zibelda
Janusz Kłosiński
Don Diego Salero
Bogumił Kobiela
Senor Toledo
Barbara Krafftówna
Camilla de Tormez
Sławomir Lindner
Van Worden's Father
Jadwiga Krawczyk
Donna Inez Moro
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Director
Krzysztof Litwin
Don Lopez Soarez
Mirosława Lombardo
Van Worden's Mother
Tadeusz Kwiatkowski
Writer
Jan Machulski
Count Pena Flor
Jan Potocki
Writer
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Don Roque Busqueros
Krzysztof Penderecki
Composer
Leon Niemczyk
Don Avadoro
Mieczysław Jahoda
Cinematographer
Franciszek Pieczka
Pacheco
Krystyna Komosińska
Editor
Tadeusz Myszorek
ProductionDesigner
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Donna Rebecca Uzeda
Jerzy Skarżyński
ProductionDesigner
Kazimierz Opaliński
Hermit / Sheik
Adam Pawlikowski
Don Pedro Uzeda
Bogdan Baer
Wedding Guest
Stefan Bartik
Innkeeper
Ludwik Benoit
Pacheco's Father
Bogusz Bilewski
Gypsy
Władysław Dewoyno
Innkeeper
Aleksander Fogiel
Nobleman dueling Van Worden's Father
Michał Gazda
Aquillar
Wiesław Gołas
Wedding Guitarist
Julian Jabczyński
Towald
Rajmund Jarosz
Rodrig
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Mosquito
Jan Kociniak
Pacheco's Servant
Ryszard Kotys
Van Worden's Father's Servant
August Kowalczyk
Inquisition Officer
Wacław Kowalski
Van Worden's Father's Servant
Andrzej Kozak
Young Man
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Spanish Officer
Artur Młodnicki
Inquisitor
Irena Orska
Duegna
Józef Pieracki
Soarez's Lawyer
Andrzej Polkowski
Chico
Igor Przegrodzki
French Officer
Jerzy Przybylski
Banker Moro
Witold Pyrkosz
Condemned Błażej
Pola Raksa
Inezilia
Józef Retik
Moro's Lawyer
Alicja Sędzińska
Spaniard in an Inn
Wojciech Skibiński
Van Worden's Servant
Włodzimierz Skoczylas
Wedding Guest
Bogusław Sochnacki
Senor Zoto
Tomasz Zaliwski
Mona
Barbara Bargiełowska
(uncredited)
Halina Billing-Wohl
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Feliks Chmurkowski
(uncredited)
Tadeusz Grabowski
(uncredited)
Henryk Hunko
Inquisition Servant (uncredited)
Aleksander Iwaniec
Bandit (uncredited)
Zdzisław Kuźniar
Sheik's Servant (uncredited)
Leopold Rene Nowak
Bandit (uncredited)
Wojciech Rajewski
Alfonse's Servant (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Sheik's Servant (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Assistant Production Design
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Assistant Production Manager
Maria Maziarz
Assistant Makeup Artist
Barbara Sass
Assistant Director
Krzysztof Osiecki
Assistant Editor
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
Zbigniew Dobracki
Makeup Artist
Alicja Ptaszyńska
Assistant Costume Designer
Ryszard Straszewski
Production Manager
Albert Kuchnia
Construction Foreman
Bohdan Mazurek
Music Programmer
Bohdan Bieńkowski
Sound
Lidia Skarżyńska
Costume Design
Zbigniew Hartwig
Camera Operator
Zofia Chec
Hairstylist
Tatiana Manżett
Assistant Production Design
Halina Garus
Assistant Director
Andrzej Jerzy Piotrowski
First Assistant Director
Wlodzimierz Kaczmarski
Assistant Production Manager
Michal Ronikier
Assistant Set Decoration
Anna Włodarczyk
Assistant Makeup Artist
Danuta Bonikowska
Assistant Editor
Wanda Wojnar-Iliew
Assistant Production Manager
Henryk Czyż
Conductor
Edmund Siekierski
Construction Foreman
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Assistant Camera
Mieczyslaw Sitarz
Lighting Technician
Waldemar Kamizela
Sound Assistant
Stanisław Mularczyk
Assistant Camera
F. Sławiński
Sound Assistant
Zdzisław Żygulski
Production Consultant
Jarosław Kuszewski
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
Jerzy Smyk
Bronisław Broński
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 9, 1965
Original NameRekopis znaleziony w Saragossie
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 3m
Box Office$13,377
Filming LocationsWrocław · Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, Poland
Genres
Wiki.
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 Polish films of all time.