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title: 'Hospital of the Transfiguration (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Żebrowski'
released: '1979-03-28'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hospital-of-the-transfiguration-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079979/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hospital of the Transfiguration (1979)

1979 · 90 min · Drama · Poland

Original title: Szpital przemienienia

## Synopsis

Hospital of the Transfiguration is a Polish psychological war film from 1979 directed by Edward Żebrowski, based on Stanisław Lem's 1955 novel of the same title. The film's theme revolves around the extermination of patients in a psychiatric hospital shortly after the outbreak of World War II. The story focuses on the character of Dr. Stefan, who dares to protest against unethical experiments conducted on patients by the hospital staff even before the arrival of the Germans. The film was mostly well received by critics and won multiple awards, including at the Polish Film Festival and the Locarno Film Festival. It was praised for its aesthetic quality and insightful analysis of the reasons for acquiescence to totalitarianism, while its weakness was seen in deviating from wartime realities in favor of an idiosyncratic stylization.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward Żebrowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zebrowski)
- **Screenplay:** [Edward Żebrowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zebrowski), [Michał Komar](https://cinepixo.com/people/micha-komar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanisław Radwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanis-aw-radwan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Witold Sobociński](https://cinepixo.com/people/witold-sobocinski)

## Cast

- [Henryk Bista](https://cinepixo.com/people/henryk-bista)
- [Piotr Szulkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-szulkin)
- [Wojciech Pszoniak](https://cinepixo.com/people/wojciech-pszoniak)
- [Zygmunt Hübner](https://cinepixo.com/people/zygmunt-hubner)
- [Ewa Dałkowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-da-kowska)
- [Andrzej Szenajch](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-szenajch)
- [Wiesława Mazurkiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/wies-awa-mazurkiewicz)
- [Gustaw Holoubek](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustaw-holoubek)
- [Zbigniew Zapasiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbigniew-zapasiewicz)
- [Klaus Piontek](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-piontek)
- [Elżbieta Karkoszka](https://cinepixo.com/people/elzbieta-karkoszka)
- [Władysław Kowalski](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-adys-aw-kowalski)
- [Magda Teresa Wójcik](https://cinepixo.com/people/magda-teresa-wojcik)
- [Piotr Dejmek](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-dejmek)
- [Jerzy Bińczycki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-binczycki)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hospital-of-the-transfiguration-1979
Film facts: Wikidata (Q9352165); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.