Open AccessGabinet doktora Gotarda. Schulz i niemiecki ekspresjonizm
Author(s) -
Paweł Sitkiewicz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
schulz forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-1778
pISSN - 2300-5823
DOI - 10.26881/sf.2017.09.02
Subject(s) - plot (graphics) , german , cabinet (room) , sign (mathematics) , art , atmosphere (unit) , art history , literature , philosophy , visual arts , linguistics , physics , meteorology , mathematical analysis , statistics , mathematics
The plot of the “Sanatorium under the Sign of an Hourglass” resembles that of the most famous film of the German expressionism – The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920) by Robert Wiene. In fact, similarities go beyond the plot and can be discovered also in the expressionist manner of creating the presented world and characters, the mysterious atmosphere, and many important details discussed in the essay. Is it likely that Bruno Schulz saw the film about the demonic hypnotist and his medium, which inspired him to write the story about doctor Gotard’s sanatorium?