Günter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes

A former Nazi doctor-turned-pedophile, paralyzed from the neck down after a suicide attempt, is forced to accept a boy as his nurse under threat of blackmail: the boy secretly witnessed the doctor's t...( read more  read more... )orture and murder of another boy, and possesses the man's diary, which details his wartime experiments and his subsequent descent into pedophilia and murder. Before long, the boy displays his ambition to follow in the older man's footsteps.

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Directed by: Agustí Villaronga

Release Date: March 24, 1989

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DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005

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  • August 10, 2009
    Oscuro y sordido retrato del sadismo y la locura humana
  • July 5, 2009
    LETTERBOX. La primera vez que la vi, la odié por ser cruel y morbosa. Sigo creyendo que lo es, aunque reconozco que es mucho más que eso. Está hábilmente pensada, escrita y dirigida, pero se regodea en los aspectos más sórdidos de su historia como si no resistiera las mismas tent...( read more)aciones que denuncia. Las actuaciones son desiguales entre ellas y en sí mismas. / The first time I saw it I hated it for being cruel and morbid. I still think it is that, but I admit it is much more. It is skillfully thought out, written and directed, but it wallows in the most sordid aspects of its story as if it could not resist giving in to the temptations it denounces. The performances are uneven among them and in themselves.
  • May 2, 2009
    This film is extremely effective in showing us where cruelty toward another human being can get us. It's extreme, it's shocking, and it's brilliant.
  • February 4, 2009
    said to be as fucked up as Salo. We'll see
  • January 25, 2009
    Pretty decent, yet pretty disturbing.
  • November 9, 2008
    Disturbed is just the beginning of it. Deeply disturbing and not even very good.
  • July 5, 2008
    Very disturbing, and thought-provoking film about an ex-nazi doctor & pedophile who finds pleasure in killing young boys.
  • June 10, 2007
    There have only been a handful of films that have turned my stomach the first time i saw them...Pier Paolo Pasolini's SALO, Men Behind the Sun, Cannibal Holocaust and what i saw of it William Friedkins Cruisin. All sick films. Well in A Glass Cage joins those ranks. And its possi...( read more)bly the most fucked up of them all. Its brutaly honest in its depiction of peodophiliac killers.
    Klaus is a ex-nazi doctor who found sexual pleasure in killing young boys in a concentration camp. After the war he goes into exile in Spain. Continuing on with his crimes against little boys. Until he feels the guilt and shame of his acts. With an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, Klaus ends up "living" in an Iron Lung. Paralyzed and unable to breath on his own. Enter Angelo, a male nurse with a secret. He takes care of Klaus and relives Klaus's henious acts with the guidance of Klaus's secret diary. Forcing Klaus to watch.
    This film is sooo fucked up. The last hour of In A Glass Cage is goddamn intense! And sick. And its not the blood or gore cause there little of it. Its the fucking content of this film! My stomach is still turning. It definatly makes me want to take a long hot shower and scrub every bit of filth off that is now residing in my brain with sandpaper. This is strong stuff folks! Fuck that Stephen King cluncker Apt Pupil...this is the real thing! Apt Pupil doesnt even come close to what this film delivers!
    But beneath the sleazy exterior of this film lies a magnificent art film. Its a well crafted, beautifuly shot film. There is definatly a real pro behind this film. A true artist. Only those with a strong constitution should see this.

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