The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
With Jan Nowicki, Gustaw Holoubek, Halina Kowalska, Mieczysław Voit, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Bożena Adamek, Jerzy Trela
Directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has
The Hourglass Sanatorium (Polish: Sanatorium pod klepsydrą) is a 1973 Polish drama 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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