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During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.


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.
Tadeusz Janiszewski

Wioletta Kopańska

Andrzej Kłak
Leszek Bzdyl
Robert Martyniak
Łukasz Łucjan
Marek Jasek
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is a animation, fantasy, drama, horror film released in 2025 exploring themes of based on novel or book, sanatorium, time travel, surrealism, stop motion, hospital. Directed by Stephen Quay, it stars Tadeusz Janiszewski, Wioletta Kopańska, Andrzej Kłak. 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.
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