UW Cinematheque: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis Znaleziony W Saragossie) | Poland | 1964 | DCP | 183 min. | Polish with English subtitles Director: Wojchiech Has
Event Details
Date
Friday, May 1, 2015
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewska
The moral testing of an officer in the Napoleonic Wars (Polish film idol Cybulski) serves as the center of a Scheherezade-type plot that incorporates nine interconnected tales told by various colorful narrators. The spellbinding and surreal narrative, with its multiple flashbacks-within-flashbacks, is accentuated by gorgeous black-and-white widescreen cinematography and Krzysztof Penderecki's eclectic score.
The moral testing of an officer in the Napoleonic Wars (Polish film idol Cybulski) serves as the center of a Scheherezade-type plot that incorporates nine interconnected tales told by various colorful narrators. The spellbinding and surreal narrative, with its multiple flashbacks-within-flashbacks, is accentuated by gorgeous black-and-white widescreen cinematography and Krzysztof Penderecki's eclectic score.
Cost
Free
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