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
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Family Life (1970)
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
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)
Ewa chce spać (1957)
Nobody's Calling (1960)
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
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)
Ewa chce spać (1957)
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
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)