1973

2h 4m

7.5(122 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

60 members

Acting

Jan Nowicki

Józef

Acting

Tadeusz Kondrat

Jakub

Acting

Irena Orska

Józef's Mother

Directing

Filip Zylber

Rudolf

Acting

Halina Kowalska

Adela

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Gustaw Holoubek

Dr. Gotard

Acting

Mieczysław Voit

Blind Conductor

Acting

Bożena Adamek

Bianka

Acting

Ludwik Benoit

Szloma

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Henryk Boukołowski

Fireman

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Seweryn Dalecki

Teodor

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Julian Jabczyński

Dignitary

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Jerzy Przybylski

Mr. de Voss

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Wiktor Sadecki

Dignitary

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Janina Sokołowska

Nurse

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Wojciech Standełło

Jew Interlocutor in Restaurant

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Tadeusz Schmidt

Officer

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Szymon Szurmiej

Jewish Man Reciting False Qoheleth's Verses

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Jan Szurmiej

Instructive Jewish Man

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Michał Szwejlich

Jewish Man by the Ladder

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Paweł Unrug

Ornithologist

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Marek Barbasiewicz

Waiter

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Jerzy Bekker

Wax Figure of Napoleon III

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Jerzy Braszka

Wax Figure of Leatherstocking

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Zofia Bajuk

Wax Figure of Queen Elizabeth

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Emir Buczacki

Wax Figure of Benito Juarez

Acting

Romuald Drobaczyński

Unknown Role

Acting

Andrzej Herder

Wax Figure of Buffalo Bill

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Jolanta Hanisz

Bianka's Mother

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J. Jablonski

Unknown Role

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Jerzy Janeczek

Wax Figure of Luigi Lucheni

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Marek Jasiński

Unknown Role

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Elżbieta Kijowska

Unknown Role

No Image

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Leszek Kowalewski

Wax Figure of a Young Genius

Acting

Mirosława Lombardo

Wax Figure of Queen Draga

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Irena Malkiewicz

Lady in Black

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Bolesław Mierzejewski

Wax Figure of Franz Joseph I

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Włodzimierz Nowak

Wax Figure of Archduke Maximilian

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Barbara Okonska-Kozlowska

Tluja

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Stanisław Olczyk

Wax Figure of Victor Emmanuel

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Józef Łodyński

Majordomo in Panopticon

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Czesław Piaskowski

Wax Figure of Otto von Bismarck

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P. Podgórski

Wax Figure of Maximilien de Robespierre

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Edward Radulski

Unknown Role

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Barbara Rogalska

Unknown Role

No Image

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W. Rutecki

Unknown Role

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Wladyslaw Sitko

Wax Figure of Alfred Dreyfus

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Waldemar Gawlik

Nameless Man (uncredited)

Costume & Make-Up

Jolanta Jackowska

Wax Figure of Charlotte Corday (uncredited)

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Directing

Alicja Kluba

Wax Figure of George Sand (uncredited)

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Acting

Herman Lercher

Jew (uncredited)

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Leopold Rene Nowak

Rudy / Ptak (uncredited)

Acting

Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Jew (uncredited)

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Stefania Staszewska

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

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Paweł Szurmiej

(uncredited)

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Ruth Taru-Kowalska

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

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Gołda Tencer

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Acting

Irena Izykowska

Bearded Woman at Final Party (uncredited)

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Jerzy Trela

Wesolek (uncredited)

Acting

Stanisław Tylczyński

Wax Figure of Thomas Edison (uncredited)

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