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
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Rewizja osobista (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.