Agadah

Based on the novel "Manuscript found in Saragosse" of Jan Potocki. Alphonse van Worden, Walloon officer in the service of Charles of Bourbon at the time of the Battle of Bitonto in May 1735, receives by the King the order to reach Naples as soon as possible and decides to take the shortest route in order to perform his duty. His valet Lopez tries in vain to discourage him by telling him that the direct route across the Murge is infested with demons and ghosts whose sight would make any heart tremble.