The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Directed by Wojciech Has
Genres - Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Fantasy Adventure |
Release Date - May 21, 1999 (USA) |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
Alfons (Zbigniew Cybulski) is a young army captain who meets two women of Moorish ancestry at what appears to be a deserted inn near Madrid. They tell Alfons he is the descendant of a noble family and that he must undergo a series of challenging missions to prove himself. A magician tries to take his soul, and he is visited by ghosts near the mountains of Madrid. Author Jan Poticki committed suicide a year after the symbolic and allusive book this movie was based on was published.
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ghost, captain [military], descendant, mountains, on-the-road, proving-oneself, quest, self-discovery, traveling