The Hourglass Sanatorium
76 %|Dec 12, 1973|Drama, Fantasy
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.
Featured Crew
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Director
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Writer
Witold Sobociński
Director of Photography
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Original Music Composer
Janina Niedźwiecka
Editor
Andrzej Płocki
Production Design
Jerzy Skarżyński
Production Design
Andrzej Haliński
Art Direction
Cast
Jan Nowicki
Józef
Tadeusz Kondrat
Jakub
Filip Zylber
Rudolf
Halina Kowalska
Adela
Irena Orska
Józef's Mother
Gustaw Holoubek
Dr. Gotard
Mieczysław Voit
Blind Conductor
Bożena Adamek
Bianka
Ludwik Benoit
Szloma
Henryk Boukołowski
Fireman
Seweryn Dalecki
Teodor
Jerzy Przybylski
Mr. de Voss
Julian Jabczyński
Dignitary
Wiktor Sadecki
Dignitary
Janina Sokołowska
Nurse
Tadeusz Schmidt
Officer
Szymon Szurmiej
Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses
Jan Szurmiej
Instructive Jewish Man
Michał Szwejlich
Jewish Man by the Ladder
Paweł Unrug
Ornithologist
Marek Barbasiewicz
Waiter
Jerzy Bekker
Wax Figure of Napoleon III
Jerzy Braszka
Wax Figure of Leatherstocking
Zofia Bajuk
Wax Figure of Queen Elizabeth
Emir Buczacki
Wax Figure of Benito Juarez
Andrzej Herder
Wax Figure of Buffalo Bill
Jolanta Hanisz
Bianka's Mother
Jerzy Janeczek
Wax Figure of Luigi Lucheni
Leszek Kowalewski
Wax Figure of a Young Genius
Mirosława Lombardo
Wax Figure of Queen Draga
Irena Malkiewicz
Lady in Black
Bolesław Mierzejewski
Wax Figure of Franz Joseph I
Włodzimierz Nowak
Wax Figure of Archduke Maximilian
Stanisław Olczyk
Wax Figure of Victor Emmanuel
Józef Łodyński
Majordomo in Panopticon
Czesław Piaskowski
Wax Figure of Otto von Bismarck
P. Podgórski
Wax Figure of Maximilien de Robespierre
Wladyslaw Sitko
Wax Figure of Alfred Dreyfus
Waldemar Gawlik
Nameless Man (uncredited)
Jolanta Jackowska
Wax Figure of Charlotte Corday (uncredited)
Alicja Kluba
Wax Figure of George Sand (uncredited)
Leopold Rene Nowak
Rudy / Ptak (uncredited)
Jerzy Trela
Wesolek (uncredited)
Stanisław Tylczyński
Wax Figure of Thomas Edison (uncredited)
Wojciech Standełło
Jew Interlocutor in Restaurant
Stefania Staszewska
Jewish Woman (uncredited)
Gołda Tencer
Jewish Woman (uncredited)
Irena Izykowska
Bearded Woman at Final Party (uncredited)