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The Saragossa Manuscript

Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie

1965 · 183 min · Fantasy

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer discovers a strange old book whose nested, ever-branching tales of ghosts, seductresses, and secret brotherhoods draw him — and the viewer — into a dizzying labyrinth. Wojciech Has's cult surrealist epic.

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Choose The Saragossa Manuscript for film history: an adventurous fantasy/mystery in 183 minutes.

Runtime
183 min
Genre
Fantasy · Mystery · History
Mood
thoughtful · dreamlike · dark
Entry
challenging
Best for
film history

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive

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