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The 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.
Original Release
12/12/1973
US Release
05/06/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jan Nowicki | Józef |
Tadeusz Kondrat | Jakub - Józef's father |
Irena Orska | Józef's mother |
Halina Kowalska | Adela |
Gustaw Holoubek | Dr. Gotard |
Mieczysław Voit | Blind Conductor |
Bożena Adamek | Bianka |
Ludwik Benoit | Szloma |
Henryk Boukolowski | Fireman |
Seweryn Dalecki | Teodor |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jan Nowicki | Józef |
Tadeusz Kondrat | Jakub - Józef's father |
Irena Orska | Józef's mother |
Halina Kowalska | Adela |
Gustaw Holoubek | Dr. Gotard |
Mieczysław Voit | Blind Conductor |
Bożena Adamek | Bianka |
Ludwik Benoit | Szloma |
Henryk Boukolowski | Fireman |
Seweryn Dalecki | Teodor |
Julian Jabczynski | Dignitary |
Jerzy Przybylski | Mr. de Voss |
Wiktor Sadecki | Dignitary |
Janina Sokolowska | Nurse |
Wojciech Standello | Jew Interlocutor in Restaurant |
Tadeusz Schmidt | Officer |
Szymon Szurmiej | Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses |
Jan Szurmiej | Instructive Jewish Man |
Michal Szwejlich | Jewish Man by the Ladder |
Pawel Unrug | Ornithologist |