The Saragossa Manuscript

1965 [POLISH]

Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / History / Horror / Mystery

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 90% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 6409 6.4K

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Plot summary

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

Director

Wojciech Has Photo
Wojciech Has

Top cast

Beata Tyszkiewicz Photo
Beata Tyszkiewicz as Donna Rebecca Uzeda
Elzbieta Czyzewska Photo
Elzbieta Czyzewska as Donna Frasquetta Salero
August Kowalczyk Photo
August Kowalczyk as Inquisition officer
Leon Niemczyk Photo
Leon Niemczyk as Don Avadoro
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.65 GB
1280*536
Polish 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
3 hr 3 min
Seeds 9
3.06 GB
1920*804
Polish 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
3 hr 3 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Lord_of_the_Things 7 / 10

Original, but too long

A beautifully shot film with incredible costume and set design. The story within a story within a story gives it a dreamlike quality that is very engaging, but 3 hours is too much for a film with such a loose narrative. Once I reached 2hrs 30 I was done. I liked the characters, but had little investment in the outcome of their stories.Certainly worth watching as there is a lot of merit here, but if I return to it, I'll watch it in sections only, not in it's entirety.
Reviewed by gavin6942 7 / 10

One of a Kind

Upon finding a book that relates his grandfather's story, an officer ventures through Spain meeting a wide array of characters, most of whom have a story of their own to tell.The film was released in Poland uncut at 182 minutes, but it was shortened for release in the U.S. and UK at 147 minutes and 125 minutes, respectively. During the 1990s Jerry Garcia, together with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, financed a restoration and subtitling of an uncut print of the film. The restored film, re-released in 2001, is commercially available in VHS and DVD formats.The film is among 21 digitally restored classic Polish films chosen for Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema.I don't even know that this needs a review. It is a great film, although a bit long for the casual viewer. When you have Scorsese and Coppola both endorsing a film, that is a great sign. Then throw in Luis Bunuel, and you know you have something special. But Jerry Garcia? I highly doubt any other film can claim such a diverse range of fans.
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