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In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden, captain in the Walloon guard. A man of honor and courage, he seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin and seduce him; he wakes beside corpses under a gallows. He meets a hermit priest and a goatherd; each tells his story; he wakes again by the gallows. He's rescued from the Inquisition, meets a cabalist and hears more stories within stories, usually of love. He returns to Venta Quemada, the women await with astonishing news.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elżbieta Czyżewska

Released: February 9, 1965

Runtime: 182.0

Popularity Rating: 2.278

Kamera Film Unit

Poland

Alfonse Van Worden Zbigniew Cybulski
Princess Emina Iga Cembrzynska
Donna Frasquetta Salero Elżbieta Czyżewska
Don Pedro Velasquez Gustaw Holoubek
Count Pena Flor Jan Machulski
Don Pedro Uzeda Adam Pawlikowski
Donna Rebecca Uzeda Beata Tyszkiewicz
Condemned Witold Pyrkosz
Hermit / Sheik Kazimierz Opalinski
Wedding guest Wieslaw Golas

Art — Production Design: Jerzy Skarzynski
Art — Production Design: Tadeusz Myszorek
Art — Set Decoration: Jerzy Skrzepinski
Art — Set Decoration: Leonard Mokicz
Camera — Camera Operator: Zbigniew Hartwig
Camera — Director of Photography: Mieczyslaw Jahoda
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Lidia Skarzynska
Costume & Make-Up — Hairstylist: Zofia Chec
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Zbigniew Dobracki
Directing — Director: Wojciech Has
Editing — Editor: Krystyna Komosinska
Sound — Original Music Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki
Sound — Sound: Bohdan Bienkowski
Writing — Novel: Jan Potocki
Writing — Screenplay: Tadeusz Kwiatkowski