Hospital of the Transfiguration (1979)
- Original title
- Szpital Przemienienia
- Directed by
- Edward Żebrowski
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Poland
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 17 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 psychiatrist at a psychiatric hospital in Poland confronts unethical experiments on patients during the early days of World War II. He tries to resist the hospital staff before the Nazis arrive.
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What happens
Hospital of the Transfiguration is a Polish psychological war film from 1979 directed by Edward Żebrowski, based on Stanisław Lem's 1955 novel of the same title. The film's theme revolves around the extermination of patients in a psychiatric hospital shortly after the outbreak of World War II (Aktion T4). The story focuses on the character of Dr. Stefan (played by Piotr Dejmek), who dares to protest against unethical experiments conducted on patients by the hospital staff even before the arrival of the Germans. The film was mostly well received by critics and won multiple awards, including at the Polish Film Festival and the Locarno Film Festival. It was praised for its aesthetic quality and insightful analysis of the reasons for acquiescence to totalitarianism, while its weakness was seen in deviating from wartime realities in favor of an idiosyncratic stylization. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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