Based on fellow Pole Jan Potocki’s immense novel ‘The Manuscript Found In Saragossa’ published posthumously in the 19^th century, Wojciech Has’ film is a bold, epic tale of intertwining stories and fantastical notions. Set during The Napoleonic Wars two rival officers discover a book in an abandoned house which relates the story of one of the men’s grandfather, a captain in the Walloon Guard.