Directed by:
Wojciech Jerzy HasScreenplay:
Tadeusz KwiatkowskiCinematography:
Mieczysław JahodaComposer:
Krzysztof PendereckiCast:
Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Gustaw Holoubek, Joanna Jedryka, Janusz Klosinski, Bogumił Kobiela, Barbara Krafftówna (more)Plots(1)
Based on the early 19th century novel by Polish author Jan Potocki, The Saragossa Manuscript (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie) is a brilliant, sexy and extraordinarily imaginative film. Starring the celebrated Zbigniew Cybulski, the film is ostensibly set at the end of the Napoleonic War. During the heat of battle, Belgian officer Alphonse van Worden (Cybulski) stumbles across an ancient manuscript. As he reads, a labyrinth of stories unfolds and takes the audience on a teasingly twisted trail through time and space. Critics frequently cite the film as one of the great masterpieces of Black and White Cinemascope cinematography. (Mr. Bongo Films)
(more)Cast
Zbigniew Cybulski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Love at Twenty (1962)
Iga Cembrzynska
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Axiliad (1986)
Jowita (1967)
Elzbieta Czyzewska
Poland
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Music Box (1989)
Gustaw Holoubek
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
The Noose (1957)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Joanna Jedryka
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Janusz Klosinski
Poland
Best movies:
Wszystko będzie dobrze (2007)
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Bogumił Kobiela
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Eroica (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Barbara Krafftówna
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Nobody's Calling (1960)
Krzysztof Litwin
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Mirosława Lombardo
Poland
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Wojaczek (1999)
Jan Machulski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Hit the Bank (1981)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Leon Niemczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Wielki bieg (1981) (TV movie)
Potop (1974)
Big Shar (1982)
Franciszek Pieczka
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Man Who Read Music from Plates (1995)
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Letters to Santa (2011)
The Ashes (1965)
Kazimierz Opaliński
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Adam Pawlikowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Canal (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Bogdan Baer
Poland
Best movies:
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Eroica (1957)
Ludwik Benoit
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Axiliad (1986)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Bogusz Bilewski
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Wladyslaw Dewoyno
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Matka królów (1982)