The Saragossa Manuscript15
During the Napoleonic Wars, two opposing officers cross paths in Saragossa, Spain, where they become enthralled by a mysterious manuscript. It tells of Alfonso van Worden, a captain navigating the treacherous Sierra Morena Mountains, beset by seductive princesses, a devious hermit, and the Spanish Inquisition. Wojciech Has’ adaptation of Jan Potocki’s novel became a 1960s countercultural favourite, championed by the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, who saw its winding narrative as a cinematic trip. Admirers included Luis Buñuel, Neil Gaiman, and David Lynch, while Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola helped restore and re-release the film.
Part of Kinoteka On Tour, organised by the Polish Cultural Institute in London and supported by the Polish Film Institute. For more details, visit: https://kinoteka.org.uk/
Reviews
‘The director’s eye for baroque black-and-white imagery puts him behind only Bava and Welles, while the film’s sharp social satire gives heft to its ambition.’
★★★★★
David Fear, Time Out
‘This three-hour swirl of Polish phantasmagoria, from 1965, is an epic piece of japery; it celebrates visions and magic by means of labyrinthine storytelling.’
Michael Sragow, The New Yorker
Book tickets
Sunday 9 March | 2.15pm | Book tickets |
What else is on?
Today (Saturday 8th February)
15:45
A Real Pain 15
1h 30m18:00
Babygirl 18
1h 55m20:30
A Complete Unknown 15
2h 20mTomorrow (Sunday 9th February)
12:30
Where the Wild Things Are PG
15:00
Inside Llewyn Davis 15
1h 45m17:30
A Complete Unknown 15
2h 20m20:30
A Real Pain 15
1h 30mPlan your visit
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!