The Saragossa Manuscript - Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie

Timjim – Site Creator

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My story is a long one. Started off working for Warner Bros. in film sales and copyright, before moving to Poland to work as a musician. Finding money tight, I took additional work at University of Lodz leading to my becoming a senior lecturer, befor

Inside Saragossa

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Wojciech Has’ film The Saragossa Manuscript is many things to many people. To fans of 60s Counter-Culture it is a head movie, to Lynch enthusiasts it is surrealist film, to story tellers it is a labyrinth and puzzle. But when searching for unde

The Saragossa Manuscript

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The Saragossa Manuscript, now restored to its original three hour version, would seem like an unlikely candidate for the international cult interest it has sustained. Directed by Wojciech Has, a director little known outside Poland, the film adapts t

The Saragossa Manuscript Players

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While The Saragossa Manuscript boasts some of Poland’s most respected ‘serious’ actors/actresses, it also contains numerous of Poland’s finest ‘comedy’ players making its cast list really second to none. Even in cameo supporting roles are

Krzysztof Penderecki

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Born Debica Poland 1933, Krzysztof Penderecki came of age at exactly the right time to become a vital part of what is now known as ‘The Polish School’ of Modern music. After Germany’s occupation of Poland in WWII destroyed the major

A Slice, a Poke and a Stab of Humour

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“Illusion is the first of all pleasures” Oscar Wilde. The Saragossa Manuscript, a majestic roller-coaster of a movie, is perhaps best described as a tale within a tale. Or in fact several tales within tales within tales. The structure of the film

Surrealism in the shade of grey?

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“If Wojciech Has had become a painter, he would surely have been a Surrealist. ” (Alexander Jankiewicz) Surrealism in the cinema usually comes in two distinctive shades: white or black or in other words bright or dark. Its dark side is re

Agnieszka Rasmus – University of Lodz

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Agnieszka Rasmus holds a PhD degree in Shakespeare and film studies. She teaches drama and film at the University of Lodz, Poland. Her interests are mainly work-related and comprise film history and theory, Hollywood , counter-cinema, British film, a

Raf Uzar – Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities

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A linguist and professional translator by day, Raf Uzar undergoes an incredible transformation in the twilight hours becoming a prolific journalist, avid blogger and wannabe DJ by night. He currently works at Poland’s premier private university, th

Michael Goddard – University of Salford

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Michael Goddard is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Salford. He has published widely on Polish and international cinema and visual culture as well as cultural theory. He is currently completing a book on the cinema of Raul Ruiz. Most