Directed by:
Wojciech Jerzy HasScreenplay:
Wojciech Jerzy HasCinematography:
Witold SobocińskiComposer:
Jerzy MaksymiukCast:
Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska, Gustaw Holoubek, Mieczyslaw Voit, Bożena Adamek, Henryk Boukołowski, Jerzy Trela (more)Plots(1)
A young man named Joseph (Jan Nowicki) visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father Jakob (Tadeusz Kondrat). On his arrival, a sinister doctor informs him that his father had stopped breathing but hasn't died yet, perhaps due to Joseph's arrival which may have halted time in the sanatorium. Joseph undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each of which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares. Adapted from a collection of short stories by Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, The Hourglass Sanatorium dispenses with traditional narrative, fashioning an audiovisual mosaic that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. (Mr. Bongo Films)
(more)Cast
![Jan Nowicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999953_19b2ae.jpg)
Jan Nowicki
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Family Life (1970)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Tadeusz Kondrat
Best movies:
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Walkower (1965)
Irena Orska
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
The Dancing Hawk (1977)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Halina Kowalska
Poland
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Nie ma róży bez ognia (1974)
![Gustaw Holoubek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/970/165970935_496c76.png)
Gustaw Holoubek
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
The Noose (1957)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Mieczyslaw Voit
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Lekcja martwego języka (1979)
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Bożena Adamek
Poland
Best movies:
Rezerwat (2007)
One Way Ticket to the Moon (2013)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Henryk Boukołowski
Poland
Best movies:
Nightmares (1978)
Nobody's Calling (1960)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
![Jerzy Trela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280747_a65497.jpg)
Jerzy Trela
Poland
Best movies:
A Lonely Woman (1981)
Znachor (1981)
Man of Iron (1981)
Mirosława Lombardo
Poland
Best movies:
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Wojaczek (1999)
Jerzy Janeczek
Best movies:
Supernova (2019)
Women of Mafia (2018)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
![Józef Łodyński](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/408/166408210_8f66ac.png)
Józef Łodyński
Poland
Best movies:
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
The Depot of the Dead (1958)
Night Train (1959)
Czeslaw Piaskowski
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Night Train (1959)
Forbidden Songs (1946)
![Jerzy Braszka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/279/159279466_5e5ac1.jpg)
Jerzy Braszka
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Znachor (1981)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Pawel Unrug
Best movies:
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Lokis, the Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (1970)
Szymon Szurmiej
Poland
Best movies:
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Budapest Tales (1977)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
![Filip Zylber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/190/164190916_d6bc83.png)
Filip Zylber
Poland
Best movies:
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Poranek kojota (2001)
Janina Sokołowska
Poland
Best movies:
Hubal (1973)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Gołda Tencer
Poland
Best movies:
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Austeria (1982)
Jolanta Jackowska
Best movies:
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)