THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM SANATORIUM POD KLEPSYDRĄ WOJCIECH JERZY HAS

  • POLAND

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  • POLISH

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  • 1973

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  • 125 mins

  • FILM COURTESY

    Polish Institute, New Delhi

While visiting his father at a dilapidated sanatorium, Joseph discovers that the old man has stopped breathing but hasn’t died. Has his arrival halted time itself? He takes a strange journey through the many rooms of the hospital, each conjuring worlds composed of memories, dreams and nightmares.

ಜೋಸೆಫ್ ತನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯನ್ನು ಜರ್ಜರಿತ ಸ್ಯಾನಟೋರಿಯಂನಲ್ಲಿ ಭೇಟಿಮಾಡಲು ಬಂದಾಗ, ಆ ವೃದ್ಧನು ಉಸಿರಾಟ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದರೂ ಇನ್ನೂ ಸತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಜೋಸೆಫ್ ಬಂದಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಕಾಲವೇ ನಿಂತುಹೋಗಿದೆಯೇ? ಅವನು ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಅನೇಕ ಕೊಠಡಿಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಒಂದು ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಕೊಠಡಿಯೂ ನೆನಪುಗಳು, ಕನಸುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ದುಸ್ವಪ್ನಗಳಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಿತವಾದ ಜಗತ್ತುಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Zespół Filmowy

Screenplay :

Wojciech Jerzy Has

Director of Photography :

Witold Sobociński

Editor :

Janina Niedźwiecka

Music :

Jerzy Maksymiuk

Sound :

Janusz Rosół

Cast :

Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska, Gustaw Holoubek, Mieczysław Voit, Bożena Adamek, Ludwik Benoit, Henryk Boukołowski.

Awards - Winner :

Cannes FF, 1973 (Jury Prize).

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Cannes FF, 1973 (Palme d’Or), Thessaloniki FF 2025 (Special Screening)

Wojciech Jerzy Has (1925-2000, Kraków) was a master of visionary cinema. He studied at the Kraków Business and Commerce College and the Academy of Fine Arts during the Nazi occupation, later completing a film course in 1946. Over four decades, he directed 14 features, including THE NOOSE (1958), THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (1964), and THE DOLL (1968). A "silent rebel," he avoided political realism for surrealist "poetics of memory." He received the Cannes Jury Prize (1973), the FIPRESCI Prize (1959), and served as the Rector of the Łódź Film School (1990–1996).