Sanatorium pod klepsydra

The Hourglass Sanatorium

El sanatorio de la clepsidra

1973 124 min. Poland Wojciech Jerzy Has

Déjà Vu

Director
Wojciech Jerzy Has

Screenplay
Wojciech Jerzy Has

Cinematography
Witold Sobocinski

Editing
Janina Niedzwiecka

Music
Jerzy Maksymiuk

Sound
Janusz Rosol

Producer
Andrzej Plocki, Jerzy Skarzynski

Production
Zespól Filmowy Silesia [PL]

Cast
Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska, Gustaw Holoubek, Ludwik Benoit

Synopsis
Józef is transported to a mysterious world while visiting a sanatorium where his deceased father stayed. During this surreal experience, he travels through space and time, as a boy and an adult, having fantastic dreams and reliving the tragedy of the Holocaust in a small Jewish town he repeatedly visits in his imagination.

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
Fixafilm, WFDIF - Documentary & Feature Film Studio -

Filmography
Wojciech Jerzy Has
POLAND (1925 – 2000)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1988 NIEZWYKLA PODROZ BALTAZARA KOBERA / THE TRIBULATIONS OF BALTHAZAR KOBER
1982 NIECIEKAWA HISTORIA / AN UNEVENTFUL STORY
1968 LALKA / THE DOLL
1964 REKOPIS ZNALEZIONY W SARAGOSSIE / THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT
1958 POZEGNANIA / FAREWELLS

Festivals
Cannes, New York

Notes
Restored Print
Fixafilm

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