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The Hourglass Sanatorium is a polonais film of genre Drama directed by Wojciech Has released in USA on 6 may 1983 with Jan Nowicki
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą
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Add to a movie listThe Hourglass Sanatorium (Polish: Sanatorium pod klepsydrą) is a 1973 Polish film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Mieczysław Voit, Halina Kowalska and Gustaw Holoubek. It is also known as The Sandglass in English speaking countries. The story follows a man who visits his father in a mystical sanatorium where time does not behave normally. The film is an adaptation of Bruno Schulz's story collection Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. It won the Jury Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
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Joseph (Jan Nowicki) travels through a dream-like world, taking a dilapidated train to visit his dying father, Jacob, in a sanatorium. When he arrives at the hospital, he finds the entire facility is going to ruin and no one seems to be in charge or even caring for the patients. Time appears to behave in unpredictable ways, reanimating the past in an elaborate artificial caprice.Actors
Jan Nowicki
(Józef)
Gustaw Holoubek
(Dr. Gotard)
Jerzy Przybylski
(Mr. de Voss)
Ludwik Benoit
(Szloma)
Jerzy Trela
(Wesolek (uncredited))
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