Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie (1965)

Avaliação/usuário:

8,0/10   

Diretor:

Wojciech Has

Writers:

Tadeusz Kwiatkowski (writer)
Jan Potocki (novel)

Release Date:

9 Fevereiro 1965 (Poland)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden...

Plot Keywords:

Inquisition | Place Name In Title | Incest | Cult Favorite | Flashback

Awards:

1 win

Comentários dos usuários:

Unusual, imaginative classic of fantastic cinema

Cast

Zbigniew Cybulski	...	Alfonse Van Worden
Iga Cembrzynska	...	Princess Emina
Elzbieta Czyzewska	...	Donna Frasquetta Salero
Gustaw Holoubek	...	Don Pedro Velasquez
Stanislaw Igar	...	Don Gaspar Soarez
Joanna Jedryka	...	Zibelda
Janusz Klosinski	...	Don Diego Salero
Bogumil Kobiela	...	Senor Toledo
Barbara Krafftówna	...	Camilla de Tormez
Jadwiga Krawczyk	...	Donna Inez Moro
Slawomir Lindner	...	Van Worden's father
Krzysztof Litwin	...	Don Lopez Soarez
Miroslawa Lombardo	...	Van Worden's mother
Jan Machulski	...	Count Pena Flor
Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz	...	Don Roque Busqueros

Conhecida como:

Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (Poland)
The Saragossa Manuscript

Duração:

124 min | France:175 min (director's cut) | 182 min

País:

Poland

Língua:

Polish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2,35 : 1

Som:

Mono

Censura:

UK:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Olsztyn near Czestochowa, Poland

Company:

Kamera Film Unit

Pegadinha:

Luis Buñuel, who seldom viewed movies more than once, liked this film so much that he saw it three times.

Quotes:

Don Pedro Velasquez: We are like blind men lost in the streets of a big city. The streets lead to a goal, but we often return to the same places to get to where we want to be. I can see a few little streets here which, as it is now, are going nowhere. New combinations have to be arranged, then the whole will be clear, because one man cannot invent something that another cannot solve.
Alfonse Van Worden: I no longer follow.

Unusual, imaginative classic of fantastic cinema

Although I usually try to avoid very long movies, I was glad I took the time to watch this one. Based on Jan Potocki's marvelous, somewhat `enlightened Gothic novel', this is another congenial literary adaptation of Director Wojciech Has; it's a shame this is the only one of his movies easily available. The film tells of a young soldier traveling through Spain and meeting a lot of strange characters that all have their own stories to relate. Of course, the series of interlocked stories-within-stories may appear complicated, but there is always the opportunity to just lean back and enjoy the story being told right now; or to look at the diagram in the great DVD Edition to make things clear. And surely there doesn't seem to be a central thread if you don't watch the end of the movie. (How useful would a review of, say `The usual Suspects' be, if you didn't watch the ending?) And, by the way, there are a lot more stories and framing devices in the novel… It's no wonder that (Danger! Pretentious name-dropping ahead) this is one of Luis Bunuel's favorite movies, the structure of some of his later films, especially `The Milky Way' and `The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' bear a lot of resemblance. And there's a scene in `Monty Python's Life of Brian', in which the Pasheko – Character reappears. (It's too close to be a coincidence.) To cut a long story short: If you prefer films with a straight forward narration; this one's obviously not for you. But if you're open minded and like to see a highly original, imaginative epic, try it.