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Rating: 7.5 stars

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The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

Directed by Wojciech Has

Mystery | Fantasy

Overview

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.

Length 124 minutes

Actors

Jan Nowicki | Tadeusz Kondrat | Filip Zylber | Halina Kowalska | Irena Orska | Gustaw Holoubek | Mieczysław Voit | Bożena Adamek | Ludwik Benoit | Henryk Boukolowski | Seweryn Dalecki | Jerzy Przybylski | Julian Jabczyński | Wiktor Sadecki | Janina Sokołowska | Tadeusz Schmidt | Szymon Szurmiej | Jan Szurmiej | Michał Szwejlich | Paweł Unrug | Marek Barbasiewicz | Jerzy Bekker | Jerzy Braszka | Zofia Bajuk | Emir Buczacki | Romuald Drobaczyński | Andrzej Herder | Jolanta Hanisz | J. Jablonski | Jerzy Janeczek | Marek Jasiński | Elzbieta Kijowska | Leszek Kowalewski | Miroslawa Lombardo | Irena Malkiewicz | Boleslaw Mierzejewski | Wlodzimierz Nowak | Barbara Okonska-Kozlowska | Stanislaw Olczyk | Józef Łodyński | Czeslaw Piaskowski | P. Podgórski | Edward Radulski | Barbara Rogalska | W. Rutecki | Wladyslaw Sitko | Waldemar Gawlik | Jolanta Jackowska | Alicja Kluba | Leopold Rene Nowak | Jerzy Trela | Stanisław Tylczyński | Wojciech Standełło | Stefania Staszewska | Golda Tencer | Irena Izykowska

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I don’t think I could adequately explain this movie to someone but I’m very glad to have seen it. It’s a gorgeous film with exquisite set design. More often than not it looks real, like a real place. Perhaps it’s a dream that’s occurring or maybe this is just a full-on fantasy that ultimately deals with grief. I would love to read more about this movie.

This was the final movie in the Projection Booth watch party last week but it pooped out an hour into it b/c Mike’s internet went out. So he graciously rescheduled it *before* the PB triple feature today. Since I loved so much of what I saw last week I was very happy to get another chance to view this. I don’t think it’s available on home media.

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