The Saragossa Manuscript
Zbigniew Cybulski, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Gustaw Holoubek, Franciszek Pieczka, Jan Machulski, Leon Niemczyk, Ryszard Kotys, Wacław Kowalski, Mirosława Lombardo, Edmund Fetting, Ludwik Benoit, Wiesław Gołas, Zdzisław Kuźniar, Pola Raksa, Beata Tyszkiewicz
During Napoleon’s invasion of Spain, two soldiers discover a strange manuscript at an Inn. They put down their weapons over the magnificent manuscript they have found and plunge into a passionate reading…
This adaptation of the storybook novel by the 18th-century writer, philosopher and traveller Jan Potocki is a three-hour spectacle that will amaze you with its staged grandeur and highly original way of narrating the phantasmagorical world of recurring time, intersecting plots and philosophical questions about human nature and morality. The film features a whole cast of the greatest legends of Polish acting, headed by Zbigniew Cybulski. Has invites viewers into a labyrinth of content and meaning, the universality and topicality of which delights successive generations of viewers.