System
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An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s tale The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, transposed to a contemporary setting. A couple visits a remote asylum where the woman knows the staff, only to discover that the institution is overrun and the lines between doctors and patients have collapsed.
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Cast
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Jerzy Przybylski
Old Doctor
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The Hourglass Sanatorium
Krzysztof Kalczyński
Paweł Bergen
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Irena Szczurowska
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Maja Komorowska
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Hanna Stankówna
Singer
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Henryk Boukołowski
Orsini
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The Hourglass Sanatorium
Józef Kondrat
Actor
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Wiesław Michnikowski
Titkin
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Adam Mularczyk
Patient
Known for
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Piotr Pawłowski
Patient
Known for
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Paweł Unrug
Young Doctor
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Bogusz Bilewski
Patient (uncredited)
Known for
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Janusz Majewski Director · Edgar Allan Poe Author Wiesław Zdort Cinematographer
First release February 9, 1981 · Produced in Poland
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Iluzjon"
Production
Poland
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Languages
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · February 9, 1981
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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