“The Saragossa Manuscript” (1965), directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, is one of the most original and enigmatic works in the history of world cinema. The adaptation of the novel by Jan Potocki—an Enlightenment-era aristocrat, traveler, and writer—defies any simple classification. It is at once an adventure film, a philosophical treatise, a grotesque, and a metaphor for the human condition and the search for meaning. Has created a complex universe in which reality, dream, and fantasy continuously intertwine.
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