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Reviewed by gridoon2025 7 / 10

Moody, effective drama from a Patricia Highsmith novel

"Glass Cell" (1978) is a German film adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel, which I watched two days after "This Sweet Sickness" (1977), a French film based on another work by the same author. And the main subject of the two films is indeed quite similar: possessive love that drives a man to the brink of madness. The development is sufficiently different, though. This German film is moody, understated, effective and psychologically sound; it transcends its relatively low budget and makes for good late-night viewing. It does not provide easy answers about the matters-in-doubt, and the ending is particularly subtle - I had to watch it twice to "get it". *** out of 4.

Reviewed by gtzam

Noteworthy crime movie.

A rather forgotten but very interesting adaptation of a novel by Patricia Highsmith. The plot is simple: A man, unjustly convicted for criminal negligence to 5 years imprisonment, gets released from jail and is being increasingly entrapped to a web of jealously regarding his beautiful wife's activities while he was locked-up. The film adroitly examines the corrosive effects of jealously that gradually generate a form of mental confinement which effectively proves to be equally unbearable with the physical one. It unfolds with almost clinical precision, its use of location is inspired and the performances sharp and convincing (avoid the dubbed English version). The climax could have been stronger but it generally captures the amoralism of Highsmith's work as well as some other more well-known adaptations of her work.

Reviewed by ZeddaZogenau 8 / 10

West German Psycho Thriller with Helmut GRIEM and Brigitte FOSSEY

In German-speaking countries, the director Hans Werner GEISSENDÖRFER is best known as the inventor of the ARD television series LINDENSTRASSE, which was discontinued in 2020 after a total of 35 years of running. GEISSENDÖRFER has also made successful films and was nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD in 1979 for DIE GLÄSERNE ZELLE.After a few years in prison, the architect Philipp Braun (BAMBI AWARD winner Helmut GRIEM) is released. He finds it very difficult to connect professionally and privately. His wife (Brigitte FOSSEY) is now having an affair with Philipp's lawyer (Dieter LASER), on whom the innocently convicted man still depends. It is only with his help that he finds a new job with Director Goller (Günter STRACK). Philipp Braun is still eager to punish the truly guilty and is becoming more and more obsessed with this. There's actually a murder happening...An ice-cold psychological thriller from West Germany: That doesn't happen very often in German-language cinema. GEISSENDÖRFER relocates the novel by Patricia HIGHSMITH (1921-1995), published in 1964, to Frankfurt am Main. And that fits perfectly. The banking metropolis is the German-speaking city with a large number of high-rise buildings. So there are lots of job opportunities for an architect! And lots of opportunities for fraud and botched construction! The twin towers of Deutsche Bank were being built at the end of the 1970s, which also fits in perfectly with the story being told. Wavering between relationship drama and psychological thriller, the audience doesn't know what will happen next. Helmut GRIEM (1932-2004), who is also known from the musical "CABARET" and the mini-series "Peter the Great", is convincing as a driven man who fights for his shattered life with all means possible.Walter KOHUT and ACADEMY AWARD nominee Bernhard WICKI ("Die Brücke") can also be seen in other roles.

The Glass Cell

1978 [GERMAN]

Action / Crime / Drama

The Glass Cell

1978 [GERMAN]

Action / Crime / Drama

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Moody, effective drama from a Patricia Highsmith novel

Noteworthy crime movie.

West German Psycho Thriller with Helmut GRIEM and Brigitte FOSSEY

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