The Hour-Glass Sanatorium (1973)

Original title

Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą

Directed by

Wojciech Jerzy Has

Genre

drama film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 139 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A young Jewish man travels to a strange sanatorium to visit his father. Inside, time flows irregularly and reality blurs with memory and fantasy.

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What happens

The Hourglass Sanatorium (Polish: Sanatorium pod klepsydrą) is a 1973 Polish drama 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 young Jewish 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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