1973

2h 4m

7.5(119 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

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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

Acting

Emir Buczacki

Wax Figure of Benito Juarez

Acting

Romuald Drobaczyński

Unknown Role

Acting

Andrzej Herder

Wax Figure of Buffalo Bill

Acting

Jolanta Hanisz

Bianka's Mother

Acting

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)

Acting

Leopold Rene Nowak

Rudy / Ptak (uncredited)

Acting

Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Jew (uncredited)

Acting

Stefania Staszewska

Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Acting

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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