Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (2025)

Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą

Jozef embarks on a journey via a ghostly train to visit his dying father in a remote Galician sanatorium. Upon arrival, he discovers that the sanatorium exists in a realm where time is distorted—his father's death has not yet occurred, as time here lags behind the outside world by an undefined interval. Jozef's experiences become increasingly fragmented and dreamlike as he confronts various manifestations of his father, each representing different aspects of their relationship and his own psyche.

Date of release
2025-04-11
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Drama, Horror
Director
Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is a 2024 live-action/adult animated hybrid independent fantasy drama film written and directed by Stephen and Timothy Quay. Based on the 1937 novel by Bruno Schulz, the film follows Jozef as he experiences fragmented and dreamlike scenarios at a remote Galician sanatorium. It is the third feature-length film by the Brothers Quay and their first feature-length film in nearly two decades.

Production

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is the third feature-length film from Stephen and Timothy Quay, after Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995) and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005). The film is shot in the Polish language, with a cast that includes Tadeusz Janiszewski, Wioletta Kopańska, Andrzej Kłak, Allison Bell, and Zenaida Yanowsky.

Timothy Nelson served as the film's composer, having previously scored several short films for the Quay Brothers. Work on the soundtrack began in 2007 and was released on 19 November 2024, in four separate volumes.

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