Rent The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
3.7 of 5 from 80 ratings
2h 4min
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- Synopsis:
- A young man Joseph (Jan Nowicki) visits his dying father Jakob (Tadeusz Kondrat) in a mysterious Polish sanatorium. Joseph realises time does not exist in its real form inside. He soon finds himself in a web which express the longings, and frustrations of his childhood. The film contains crazed scenes of Jews dancing together and many of the residents are dressed as giant birds. Schulz the writer was seen as the Polish Kafka, he was killed by the SS in the War.
- Actors:
- Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska, Gustaw Holoubek, Mieczyslaw Voit, Bozena Adamek, Ludwik Benoit, Henryk Boukolowski, Seweryn Dalecki, Julian Jabczynski, Jerzy Przybylski, Wiktor Sadecki, Janina Sokolowska, Wojciech Standello, Tadeusz Schmidt, Szymon Szurmiej, Jan Szurmiej, Michal Szwejlich, Pawel Unrug
- Directors:
- Wojciech Has
- Writers:
- Wojciech Has, Bruno Schulz
- Aka:
- Sanatorium pod klepsydra
- Studio:
- Mr Bongo
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- New waves of Polish Cinema
- Countries:
- Poland
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/03/2012
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- Polish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
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