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SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS

By Brothers QUAY

Drama - Pre-Production 2015

Inspired by the classic book The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz, a film from the visionary filmmakers The Brothers Quay.

- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- POLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Brothers QUAY
- Writer(s)
- Brothers QUAY
- Producer(s)
- Keith GRIFFITHS (Illuminations), Alexander RIS (Neue Mediopolis)
- Synopsis
- A ghostly train journey on a forgotten branch line transports a son, Jozef, visiting
  his dying Father in a Sanatorium to the edge of a mythic forest. The
  Sanatorium is run by a mysterious Doctor Gotard who is capable of
  manipulating time. An eerie half-reality sets in and Jozef finds himself caught in a
  disturbing web of memories, fantasies and visions.
- Partners & financing
- Neue Mediopolis (DE)
- Production schedule
- Pre-production Winter 2013. Shooting early 2014. Delivery Spring 2016.
- Beginning of shooting
- Dec 01, 2013