CAST:
Zbigniew Cybulski (Alfonse Van Worden),
Iga Cembrzynska (Emina),
Elzbieta Czyzewska (Donna Frasquetta Salero),
Gustaw Holoubek (Don Pedro Velasquez),
Stanislaw Igar (Don Gaspar Soarez),
Joanna Jedryka (Zibelda)

SCRIPT:
Tadeusz Kwiatkowski (based on novel by Jan Potocki)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Mieczyslaw Jahoda

MUSIC:
Krzysztof Penderecki

EDITING:
Krystyna Komosinska

Synopsis:

At the time of Napoleon wars, a young cavalry officer finds an old book that he believes to be about his grandfather. The book deals with labyrinth adventures of the Belgian captain Alfonso van Worden, whose trip through the supernatural wilderness of Spain draws him into a fascinating fairytale about the ghosts of Maoris princesses, gypsies, cabalists, cursed rascals…

The Saragossa Manuscript is Has’ most praised film.

b/w, 182'