The Duchess of Avila
1973An epic six-hour adaptation of Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Most famously filmed by Wojciech Has, this four part adaptation has the advantage of a vastly expanded running time, allowing for more of the novel to be incorporated >> shot on film, it was clearly a very expensive production and is equally spectacular in its own way.
Acted in
Jean Blaise
as Alphonse van Worden y Gomerez
Eveline Eyfel
as La duchesse d'Avila / Léonore
Jacqueline Laurent
as Emina
Sylvie Bréal
as Zibbede
Corinne Gorse
as Orlandine
Madeleine Clervanne
as La duègne de la duchesse
Huc Santana
as L'astrologue / Le cheik
José Luis de Vilallonga
as Alphonse van Worden
François Maistre
as L'ermite
Carlos Vassalo
as Pascheco
Pierre Moncorbier
as Le père de Pascheco
Jean Martin
as L'inquisiteur
Michel de Ré
as Le cabaliste
Serge Marquand
as Zoto
Marie-Christine Rouyère
as Urraque de Gomerez