Szpital Przemienienia / The Hospital of the Transfiguration
Film Screening

Szpital Przemienienia / The Hospital of the Transfiguration

Mar 16, 2026, 10:30 PM

An unnerving adaptation of the novel by Stanisław Lem.

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Directed by Edward Żebrowski (1979)
Polish; English subtitles. 90 min.

In Edward Żebrowski’s unnerving adaptation of the novel by Stanisław Lem, a young doctor at a rural mental hospital struggles to uphold humane standards while navigating the motley staff, including aloof head doctors, an eccentric poet, and a beautiful cynic with whom he falls in love. Their troubled sanctuary then faces even harder decisions—and a very real dystopia—with the arrival of the Nazis.

This screening is presented as part of the Winter/Spring 2026 Filmbar Series, “Clinical Studies.” Presented in conjunction with the special exhibition “Egon Schiele: Portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff,” this Filmbar season explores an anxious modernity set against the backdrop of the sanatorium, where patients seeking a panacea are sometimes met with an experience that is far from restorative.