The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
2h 4m
Running Time
December 12, 1973Release Date
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
2h 4m
Running Time
December 12, 1973Release Date

Plot.
Josef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Josef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.
Where to Watch.


Currently The Hourglass Sanatorium is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Universcine, CGR Cinémas
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Cast & Crew.

Jan Nowicki
Józef

Tadeusz Kondrat
Jakub

Filip Zylber
Rudolf

Halina Kowalska
Adela

Irena Orska
Józef's Mother

Gustaw Holoubek
Dr. Gotard

Mieczysław Voit
Blind Conductor

Bożena Adamek
Bianka

Ludwik Benoit
Szloma

Henryk Boukołowski
Fireman

Seweryn Dalecki
Teodor

Jerzy Przybylski
Mr. de Voss

Julian Jabczyński
Dignitary

Wiktor Sadecki
Dignitary

Janina Sokołowska
Nurse

Tadeusz Schmidt
Officer

Szymon Szurmiej
Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses

Jan Szurmiej
Instructive Jewish Man

Michał Szwejlich
Jewish Man by the Ladder

Paweł Unrug
Ornithologist

Marek Barbasiewicz
Waiter

Jerzy Bekker
Wax Figure of Napoleon III

Jerzy Braszka
Wax Figure of Leatherstocking

Zofia Bajuk
Wax Figure of Queen Elizabeth

Emir Buczacki
Wax Figure of Benito Juarez

Andrzej Herder
Wax Figure of Buffalo Bill

Jolanta Hanisz
Bianka's Mother

Jerzy Janeczek
Wax Figure of Luigi Lucheni

Leszek Kowalewski
Wax Figure of a Young Genius

Mirosława Lombardo
Wax Figure of Queen Draga

Irena Malkiewicz
Lady in Black

Bolesław Mierzejewski
Wax Figure of Franz Joseph I

Włodzimierz Nowak
Wax Figure of Archduke Maximilian

Barbara Okonska-Kozlowska
Tluja

Stanisław Olczyk
Wax Figure of Victor Emmanuel

Józef Łodyński
Majordomo in Panopticon

Czesław Piaskowski
Wax Figure of Otto von Bismarck

P. Podgórski
Wax Figure of Maximilien de Robespierre

Wladyslaw Sitko
Wax Figure of Alfred Dreyfus

Waldemar Gawlik
Nameless Man (uncredited)

Jolanta Jackowska
Wax Figure of Charlotte Corday (uncredited) / Wardrobe Supervisor

Alicja Kluba
Wax Figure of George Sand (uncredited) / Second Assistant Director

Leopold Rene Nowak
Rudy / Ptak (uncredited) / Researcher

Jerzy Trela
Wesolek (uncredited)

Stanisław Tylczyński
Wax Figure of Thomas Edison (uncredited)

Wojciech Standełło
Jew Interlocutor in Restaurant

Stefania Staszewska
Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Gołda Tencer
Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Irena Izykowska
Bearded Woman at Final Party (uncredited)

Wojciech Jerzy Has
Writer / Director

Witold Sobociński
Director of Photography

Janina Niedźwiecka
Editor

Andrzej Płocki
Production Design

Andrzej Reiter
Second Assistant Director

Maciej Maria Putowski
Set Decoration

Alicja Kozłowska
Assistant Makeup Artist

Piotr Dudzinski
Production Design

Halina Ber
Makeup Artist

W. Pawlowski
Second Assistant Director

Jerzy Skarżyński
Production Design / Costume Designer

Lidia Skarżyńska
Costume Designer

Kazimierz Kutz
Art Department Manager

Anna Śmiech
Makeup Artist

Stefan Filipiak
Construction Coordinator

Urszula Orczykowska
Production Manager

Stanislaw Pysklak
Construction Coordinator

Halina Garus
First Assistant Director

Jerzy Maksymiuk
Original Music Composer

Andrzej Haliński
Art Direction

Roman Mazanek
Wardrobe Supervisor

Henryk Jacek Schoen
Stunts

Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Assistant

Roman Pytel
Script Consultant

Anatol Stern
Script Consultant

Janusz Rosół
Sound

Wlodzimierz Czachowski
Special Effects

Włodzimierz Wiśniewski
Sound Assistant

Janusz Kaliciński
Still Photographer

Andrzej Zielonka
Production Assistant

Anna Iżykowska-Mironowicz
Music Consultant

Wacław Dybowski
Camera Operator

Jerzy Bialek
Assistant Camera

Barbara Krzyczmonik
Assistant Editor

Alicja Ptaszyńska
Wardrobe Supervisor

Zygmunt Wójcik
Production Assistant

Jerzy Klimkiewicz
Gaffer

Jan Mogilnicki
Camera Operator

Waldemar Król
Production Assistant

Bruno Schulz
Original Story

Barbara Rogalska

Marek Jasiński

Elżbieta Kijowska

J. Jablonski

W. Rutecki

Romuald Drobaczyński

Edward Radulski
Media.













Details.
Release DateDecember 12, 1973
Original NameSanatorium pod klepsydrą
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
nightmare
daydream
strange
dreamlike
weird
Wiki.
The Hourglass Sanatorium (Polish: Sanatorium pod klepsydrą) is a 1973 Polish surrealist 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.
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