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Galician Film Festival: Austeria & The Hourglass Sanatorium - with English subtitles

GALICIAN FILM FESTIVAL (Festiwal Filmów Galicyjskich)
February 20-26, 2015



Digitally remastered classic Polish films with English subtitles
- both included in the series Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema:

* AUSTERIA by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
* THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM by Wojciech Jerzy Has


Friday, February 20, 2015, 7 p.m.
AUSTERIA
| AUSTERIA
dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland 1982, 103’ (in Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew and Latin with English subtitles)

Polish Film Festival Gdynia 1984: Golden Lions

Digitally remastered.

A lost world of Jewish history brought vividly to life by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.

A dramatic comedy set in the early days of the first World War which is an adaptation of the 1966 novel by Julian Stryjkowski. On the first night of Word War I, refugees seek sanctuary from the Russian army in a country inn owned by a Jewish family in this intimate drama set against the turbulence of history.

A touching, sensitive, wise portrayal of a moment in time that no longer exists, on the cusp of the end of an era.

Film included in the series Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema. A screening series of restored classic Polish films touring the U.S. and Canada, opening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York in February 2014. Organized and curated by Martin Scorsese, one of the most recognized and respected filmmakers in the world, the series is the largest presentation of restored Polish cinema to date.




Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 7 p.m.
THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM | SANATORIUM POD KLEPSYDRĄ
dir. Wojciech Jerzy Has, Poland 1973, 123' (in Polish with English subtitles)

Cannes Film Festival 1973: Jury Prize

Digitally remastered.

A poetic reflection on the nature of time and the inevitability of death.

Magic, dreams, a manor in decay. The Hourglass Sanatorium is one of the most original and beautiful films in Polish cinema - a visionary, artistic, poetic reflection on the nature of time and the irreversibility of death. The screenplay is an adaptation of the fantasy fiction of Jewish author Bruno Schulz, one of the most renowned Polish prose stylists of the 20th century. Reflections on the Holocaust were added to the movie, reading Schulz’s work through the prism of his death during World War II.

Film included in the series Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema. A screening series of restored classic Polish films touring the U.S. and Canada, opening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York in February 2014. Organized and curated by Martin Scorsese, one of the most recognized and respected filmmakers in the world, the series is the largest presentation of restored Polish cinema to date.









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