The Hourglass Sanatorium
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The Hourglass Sanatorium

(1973)Directed by Wojciech Has124 minDrama, Fantasy, Horror

Józef (Jan Nowicki) is a young Jewish man who takes a train to a decaying sanatorium to see his father, and finds the place half empty and strangely out of step with the clock. Wojciech Has, adapting Bruno Schulz's stories, sends him from room to room, each one built from his own memories, dreams and nightmares. Józef keeps walking through them, looking for his father among rooms that hold the people he has lost.

Jan Nowickias Józef
Irena Orskaas Józef's Mother
Filip Zylberas Rudolf
Halina Kowalskaas Adela
Gustaw Holoubekas Dr. Gotard
Mieczysław Voitas Blind Conductor
Bożena Adamekas Bianka
Ludwik Benoitas Szloma
Henryk Boukołowskias Fireman
Seweryn Daleckias Teodor
Julian Jabczyńskias Dignitary
Jerzy Przybylskias Mr. de Voss
Wiktor Sadeckias Dignitary
Janina Sokołowskaas Nurse
Wojciech Standełłoas Jew Interlocutor in Restaurant
Tadeusz Schmidtas Officer
Szymon Szurmiejas Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses
Jan Szurmiejas Instructive Jewish Man
Michał Szwejlichas Jewish Man by the Ladder
Paweł Unrugas Ornithologist
Marek Barbasiewiczas Waiter
Jerzy Bekkeras Wax Figure of Napoleon III
Jerzy Braszkaas Wax Figure of Leatherstocking