The Hourglass Sanatorium is a 1973 Polish surrealist film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Mieczysław Voit, Halina Kowalska and Gustaw Holoubek. It is also known as The Sandglass in English-speaking countries. The story follows a young Jewish man who visits his father in a mystical sanatorium where time does not behave normally. The film is an adaptation of Bruno Schulz's story collection Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. It won the Jury Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Directed by Wojciech Has
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1973 Cannes Film Festival, Cult, Film Based On Literature, Hourglass, Jury Prize, Mieczys, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Sanatorium, Sign Of The Hourglass, Voit, Wojciech Jerzy
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Based On: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Alternate Titles
Das Sanatorium zur Sanduhr
DE
Das Sanatorium zur Todesanzeige
DE
El sanatorio de la Clepsidra
AR
El sanatorio de la clepsidra
ES
I klepsydra
GR
La Clepsydre
FR
La clessidra
IT
O Sanatório da Clepsidra
BR
O Sanatório de Clepsidra
PT
Sanatorijum kod peščanog sata
RS
Sanatorium pod klepsydrą
PL
Sanatorium Timglaset
SE
The Hourglass Sanatorium
CA, GB, US
The Sandglass
US
Санаторий 'Под клепсидрой'
, RU
砂制时镜下的疗养院
CN
砂時計(1973)
JP