- Country: Poland
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Release: 1973-12-12
- Director: Wojciech Has
- Writers: Wojciech Has , Bruno Schulz
- Language: Polish | Yiddish | Hebrew | Latin
- Stars: Jan Nowicki , Tadeusz Kondrat , Irena Orska , Halina Kowalska , Gustaw Holoubek , Mieczyslaw Voit , Bozena Adamek , Ludwik Benoit , Henryk Boukolowski , Seweryn Dalecki
- Runtime: 124 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: The Sandglass (United States of America) , La Clepsydre (France, French Republic) , El sanatorio de la Clepsidra (Argentina) , El Sanatorio de la Clepsidra (Spain) , Das Sanatorium zur Todesanzeige , Sanatorium pod Klepsydra , Sanatorium pod klepsydrą (Poland) , Sanatorijum kod peščanog sata (Serbia) , O Sanatório da Clepsidra (Brazil) , The Sandglass , The Hourglass Sanatorium (Norway) , Das Sanatorium zur Sanduhr (Germany) , Санаторий 'Под клепсидрой' , Sanatorium Timglaset (Sweden) , The Hourglass Sanatorium (United Kingdom) , 모래시계 요양원 (Korea) , I klepsydra (Greece) , The Hourglass Sanatorium (Canada) , The Hourglass Sanatorium (United States of America) , 砂時計(1973) (Japan) , La clessidra (Italy)
- Plot:
A young man named Josef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father Jakob. On his arrival, a sinister doctor informs him that his father had stopped breathing but hasn’t died yet, perhaps due to Josef’s arrival which may have halted time in the sanatorium. Josef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.
- IMDB:tt0070628
The Hourglass Sanatorium Cast · · · ALL
Wojciech Has
Director
Jan Nowicki
Józef
Tadeusz Kondrat
Jakub
Halina Kowalska
Adela
Irena Orska
Józef's Mother
Gustaw Holoubek
Dr. Gotard
Mieczyslaw Voit
Blind Conductor
Bozena Adamek
Bianka
Ludwik Benoit
Szloma
Henryk Boukolowski
Fireman
Jerzy Przybylski
Mr. de Voss
Wiktor Sadecki
Dignitary
Tadeusz Schmidt
Officer
Szymon Szurmiej
Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses
Jan Szurmiej
Instructive Jewish Man
Pawel Unrug
Ornithologist
Marek Barbasiewicz
Waiter
Jerzy Braszka
Wax Figure of Leatherstocking
Emir Buczacki
Wax Figure of Benito Juarez
Andrzej Herder
Wax Figure of Buffalo Bill
Jerzy Janeczek
Wax Figure of Luigi Lucheni
Irena Malkiewicz
Lady in Black
Wlodzimierz Nowak
Wax Figure of Archduke Maximilian
Józef Lodynski
Majordomo in Panopticon
Czeslaw Piaskowski
Wax Figure of Otto von Bismarck
Edward Radulski