The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Sanatorium pod Klepsydra
124 min
Jozef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Jozef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.
- Release date
- May 24, 1973
- Country of origin
- Poland
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Trailer
Cast
- Jan Nowicki as Józef
- Tadeusz Kondrat as Jakub - Józef's father
- Irena Orska as Józef's mother
- Filip Zylber as Rudolf
- Halina Kowalska as Adela
- Gustaw Holoubek as Dr. Gotard
- Mieczyslaw Voit as Blind Conductor
- Bozena Adamek as Bianka
- Ludwik Benoit as Szloma
- Henryk Boukolowski as Fireman
- Jerzy Przybylski as Mr. de Voss
- Wiktor Sadecki as Dignitary
- Tadeusz Schmidt as Officer
- Szymon Szurmiej as Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses
- Jan Szurmiej as Instructive Jewish Man
- Marek Barbasiewicz as Waiter
- Emir Buczacki as Wax Figure of Benito Juarez
- Romuald Drobaczynski
- Andrzej Herder as Wax Figure of Buffalo Bill
- Seweryn Dalecki as Teodor
Crew
- Wojciech Has · Director
- Wojciech Has · Writer
- Bruno Schulz · Writer
- Jerzy Maksymiuk · Composer
- Witold Sobocinski · Cinematographer
- Janina Niedzwiecka · Editor
- Andrzej Płocki · Production designer
- Jerzy Skarzynski · Production designer