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The Saragossa Manuscript
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381056327
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Languages: English (Subtitled), Polish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 26, 2002
Running Time: 182 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1965
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Editorial Review:
Enter a dazzling, mysterious world of the supernatural courtesy of "The Saragossa Manuscript," a magical text discovered during the Napoleonic Wars by a pair of opposing soldiers. Capt. Alphonse van Worden lives out the book's intricate, devilish storylines as he embarks on a journey across scenic Spain, now populated with ghosts, alluring demons, debauched royalty, and mystical priests. Spanning centuries and nations, the manuscript's reach encompasses a wide array of stories both humorous and horrifying, gleeful and grotesque, before the final chilling revelations bring this one of a kind book to a close. Critically applauded and embraced over the years by such admirers as Jerry Garcia, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese, this swirling tapestry has been restored to its original, full length director's cut with all of its labyrinthine riddles intact.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Another Polish jewel!
Albeit the historical happen has not precisely consequent with this remarkable cult classic film, The Saragossa Manuscript occupies a honour place among the most relevant Eastern Europe emerged from the middle sixties.
The adventures of a Walloon guard under the King of Spain. This colourful character must pass countless obstacles and tests in order to prove his courage, honor and honesty ( that actually are simple devaluated ideas in a good portion of our planet) to be a member of the ... Read More
Rating: - excellent
The movie is too short at 3 hours compared to book which bears close resemblance to Decameron.
And as I see prices start at 50 bucks I recommend go to xploited cinema and buy it for 20.
Rating:  - writing as a fan of the book: "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa"
If you've read the book "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa" you know that it starts super strong then devolves into a boorish don quixote book 3 attempt of some kind. But the opening is so freaking strong its hard not to be impressed (and sadly disappointed when it loses steam).
this movie just doesnt have visual or dramatic power thats worthy of the source material. If you dont believe me - just read the first third of "Diary Found on the Road to Saragossa" and you will realize how ... Read More
Rating: - Three solid hours of amazement!
Yes, that's right. The running time of this 1965 film is 182 minutes and as is the case with Seven Samurai, not one minute of the whole time is boring. The late Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead fame counted this as one of, if not his favorite film and it's easy to see why.
Adhering to the structure of the novel on which it's based, the film presents the viewer with tales within tales--sometimes as many as six layers deep. For male viewers, it helps that there is an eye-popping assortment of ... Read More
Rating: - Wow!
I just finished the 3 hours that it takes to see this movie. It was an incredible experience. I have rarely seen a story so convoluted -- so made up of stories within stories. . .
In the middle of a battle in Spain during the Napoleonic wars, two soldiers from opposite sides are suddenly entranced by a manuscript. They sit together like brothers, and begin to read the story of a captain of the Waloon Guards trying to cross the mountains into Spain -- over and over again, he has experiences ... Read More
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