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The Hourglass Sanatorium

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.

1973 |2h 4m |  Drama, Fantasy

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Cast

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Jan Nowicki

Józef

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Tadeusz Kondrat

Jakub

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Halina Kowalska

Adela

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Irena Orska

Józef's Mother

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Gustaw Holoubek

Dr. Gotard

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Mieczysław Voit

Blind Conductor

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Bożena Adamek

Bianka

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Ludwik Benoit

Szloma

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Henryk Boukołowski

Fireman

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Seweryn Dalecki

Teodor

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Jerzy Przybylski

Mr. de Voss

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Julian Jabczyński

Dignitary

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Wiktor Sadecki

Dignitary

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Janina Sokołowska

Nurse

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Tadeusz Schmidt

Officer

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Szymon Szurmiej

Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses

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Jan Szurmiej

Instructive Jewish Man

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Michał Szwejlich

Jewish Man by the Ladder

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Paweł Unrug

Ornithologist

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Marek Barbasiewicz

Waiter

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Jerzy Bekker

Wax Figure of Napoleon III

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Jerzy Braszka

Wax Figure of Leatherstocking

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Zofia Bajuk

Wax Figure of Queen Elizabeth

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Emir Buczacki

Wax Figure of Benito Juarez

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Romuald Drobaczyński

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Andrzej Herder

Wax Figure of Buffalo Bill

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Jolanta Hanisz

Bianka's Mother

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Jerzy Janeczek

Wax Figure of Luigi Lucheni

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Marek Jasiński

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Leszek Kowalewski

Wax Figure of a Young Genius

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Mirosława Lombardo

Wax Figure of Queen Draga

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Irena Malkiewicz

Lady in Black

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Bolesław Mierzejewski

Wax Figure of Franz Joseph I

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Włodzimierz Nowak

Wax Figure of Archduke Maximilian

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Stanisław Olczyk

Wax Figure of Victor Emmanuel

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Józef Łodyński

Majordomo in Panopticon

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Czesław Piaskowski

Wax Figure of Otto von Bismarck

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Edward Radulski

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Waldemar Gawlik

Nameless Man (uncredited)

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Leopold Rene Nowak

Rudy / Ptak (uncredited)

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Jerzy Trela

Wesolek (uncredited)

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Wojciech Standełło

Jew Interlocutor in Restaurant

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Stefania Staszewska

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

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Gołda Tencer

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Polish

Budget

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