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'''''Tras el cristal''''' is a [[1985 in film|1985]] Spanish |
'''''Tras el cristal''''' is a [[1985 in film|1985]] Spanish art house horror film written and directed by [[Agustí Villaronga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allmovie.com/work/in-a-glass-cage-24615|title=In a Glass Cage: Overview|work=Allmovie|accessdate=July 22, 2010|author=Binion, Cavett}}</ref> |
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Klaus, a former Nazi German doctor who practiced horrific experiments with children during world war II, has continued with his sick attraction for torturing and killing young boys during his exile in Spain. His latest victim is a child he has tortured and dangling from the ceiling he kills him with a blow to the head, taking photographs of the crime. This sadistic act has been witnessed by Angelo, another of Klaus victims, who has spied him from a window,later stealing the tortured incriminating writings and photographs of the doctor's crimes. klaus tries to commit suicide jumping from a tower, but he survives. AS a result of his failed attempt he is now unable to breath on his own; confined to a glass cage; immobile and depending on an iron lung to live. |
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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 torture 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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Some years years later, Klaus is taking care of by his wife Griselda and their daughter Rena in a lugubrious large house in the county. Griselda is unhappy in Spain and, overwhelmed looking after her husband, she secretly wish he would just die. Then a young man appears offering his services as a nurse to help taking care of Klaus. Griselda takes an instant dislike towards, Angelo, the young man, and does not want to hire him, but Klaus insists that he should stay. Angelo actually has not nursing skills, which Griselda soon discovers, but even then Klaus refuses to get rid of him. The striking looking young man with big scars on his face, was one of Klaus victims and they had a sickening sadomasochism relationship. His instinct are like Klaus disturbed. he is aim is to take revenge from Klaus, but also ultimately to take his place. The two men bond quickly forming a perverse disturbing relationship. Angelo reads Klaus passages from the diaries he stole in which the doctor described in detail how he tortured his young victims. Recreating what Klaus did to him, Angelo strips and masturbates in front of Klaus glass cage. he then calls Griselda. she tries to runaway from him after seeing what he has done, but he kills her hanging her from the rails of the second floor. the next day Angelo fires the housekeeper taking over the house with Rena's help. Rena is not disturbed by her mother's absence, she was harsh on her and Rena feels much more comfortable under Angelo's care. Angeloo proceeds to continue with the doctor's experiments delivering young boys next to Klaus's glass cage. Angelo lures a child to the house with the excuse of needing help with carrying the groceries. he ties the boy to a chair and in front of Klaus kills the boy injecting him through the heart with a needle filled with gasoline. A second boy is brought in and Angelo kills him cutting his throat. Fearing that Angelo is out of control and that his life and Rena's are in danger, Klaus tells his daughter to runaway to the near village with a message asking for help. |
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* [[Günter Meisner]] as Klaus |
* [[Günter Meisner]] as Klaus |
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Revision as of 00:59, 23 March 2011
| Tras el cristal | |
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 Original poster | |
| Directed by | Agustí Villaronga |
| Written by | Agustí Villaronga |
| Produced by | Teresa Enrich |
| Starring | Günter Meisner Marisa Paredes Alberto Manzano |
| Cinematography | Jaume Peracaula |
| Edited by | Raúl Román |
| Music by | Javier Navarrete |
Production company | T.E.M. Productores S.A. |
| Distributed by | Cinevista Video |
Release date | 1985 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | 31.624.135 Pesetas[1][unreliable source?] |
Tras el cristal is a 1985 Spanish art house horror film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga.[2]
Plot
Klaus, a former Nazi German doctor who practiced horrific experiments with children during world war II, has continued with his sick attraction for torturing and killing young boys during his exile in Spain. His latest victim is a child he has tortured and dangling from the ceiling he kills him with a blow to the head, taking photographs of the crime. This sadistic act has been witnessed by Angelo, another of Klaus victims, who has spied him from a window,later stealing the tortured incriminating writings and photographs of the doctor's crimes. klaus tries to commit suicide jumping from a tower, but he survives. AS a result of his failed attempt he is now unable to breath on his own; confined to a glass cage; immobile and depending on an iron lung to live.
Some years years later, Klaus is taking care of by his wife Griselda and their daughter Rena in a lugubrious large house in the county. Griselda is unhappy in Spain and, overwhelmed looking after her husband, she secretly wish he would just die. Then a young man appears offering his services as a nurse to help taking care of Klaus. Griselda takes an instant dislike towards, Angelo, the young man, and does not want to hire him, but Klaus insists that he should stay. Angelo actually has not nursing skills, which Griselda soon discovers, but even then Klaus refuses to get rid of him. The striking looking young man with big scars on his face, was one of Klaus victims and they had a sickening sadomasochism relationship. His instinct are like Klaus disturbed. he is aim is to take revenge from Klaus, but also ultimately to take his place. The two men bond quickly forming a perverse disturbing relationship. Angelo reads Klaus passages from the diaries he stole in which the doctor described in detail how he tortured his young victims. Recreating what Klaus did to him, Angelo strips and masturbates in front of Klaus glass cage. he then calls Griselda. she tries to runaway from him after seeing what he has done, but he kills her hanging her from the rails of the second floor. the next day Angelo fires the housekeeper taking over the house with Rena's help. Rena is not disturbed by her mother's absence, she was harsh on her and Rena feels much more comfortable under Angelo's care. Angeloo proceeds to continue with the doctor's experiments delivering young boys next to Klaus's glass cage. Angelo lures a child to the house with the excuse of needing help with carrying the groceries. he ties the boy to a chair and in front of Klaus kills the boy injecting him through the heart with a needle filled with gasoline. A second boy is brought in and Angelo kills him cutting his throat. Fearing that Angelo is out of control and that his life and Rena's are in danger, Klaus tells his daughter to runaway to the near village with a message asking for help.
Cast
- Günter Meisner as Klaus
- David Sust as Angelo
- Marisa Paredes as Griselda
- Gisèle Echevarría as Rena
- Imma Colomer as Jornalera
- Josue Guasch as Niño Cantior
- David Cuspinera as Niño barracon
- Ricardo Carcelero as Angelo Niño
- Alberto Manzano as Niño gitano
Production
It was the directorial debut of the Spanish filmmaker Agustí Villaronga.[3][unreliable source?]
Notes
- ^ Tras El Cristal, Película descarga
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "In a Glass Cage: Overview". Allmovie. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ^ Film Monthly.com – In a Glass Cage (1986)
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