The Hourglass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod Klepsydra) (1973)

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7.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Wojciech Has

Starring (View all)

Jan Nowicki
Józef

Tadeusz Kondrat
Jakub - Józef's father

Halina Kowalska
Adela

Gustaw Holoubek
Dr. Gotard

Mieczyslaw Voit
Blind Conductor

Bozena Adamek
Bianka

Henryk Boukolowski
Fireman

Wiktor Sadecki
Dignitary

Written by

Wojciech Has
(as Wojciech J. Has)

Bruno Schulz
story Santorium pod Klepsydra

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10 years, 9 months ago at Apr 22 2:34

fernando

So bizarre, so fantastic, so rooted on the uneasy to understand nostalgia and feelings of the main charácter about his past in a jewish town in prewar Poland; that I can rate more tan 3 stars. But here is a 'sculptor in time' as Tarkovski would say.

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Description: Joseph (Jan Nowicki) travels through a dream-like world, taking a dilapidated train to visit his dying father, Jacob, in a sanatorium. When he arrives at the hospital, he finds the entire facility is going to ruin and no one seems to be in charge or even caring for the patients. Time appears to behave in unpredictable ways, reanimating the past in an elaborate artificial caprice. Though Joseph is always shown as an adult, his behavior and the people around often depict him as a child. He befriends Rudolf, a young boy who owns a postage stamp album. The names of the stamps trigger a wealth of association and adventure in Josep ... (more)

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" Date: 4/30/2021 Viewed: Blu-Ray First Viewing Note: I'm going to end this month with a movie that I always wanted to watch for years. I decided I had to bite the bullet and bought the Blu-ray on Amazon because you could not watch it anywhere on any streaming services. After watching this movie for the first time, I was blown away by it. The Hourglass Sanatorium is an amazing gem from the 1970s in my opinion. I love the eerie atmosphere and the visuals that this movie has because The Hourgla"