In a Glass Cage
A mysterious teenager named Ángelo cares for Klaus, a German doctor with a dark past who lives trapped in an iron lung.
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Cast
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Günter Meisner
Klaus
Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Ace of Aces
David Sust
Ángelo
Also in
Moon Child
Material urbà
Marisa Paredes
Griselda
Known for
Life Is Beautiful
The Skin I Live In
Gisèle Echevarría
Rena
Also in
Velvet Dreams
Imma Colomer Marcet
Laborer
Also in
Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God
Ventdelplà
Josuè Guasch
Singing Child
Also in
I, 'The Heifer'
Crònica negra
David Cuspinera
Barracks Child
Also in
Too Old to Die Young
Ricardo Carcelero
Child Ángelo
No other roles listed
Alberto Manzano
Gypsy Child
Agustí Villaronga Director · Javier Navarrete Composer Jaume Peracaula Cinematographer
United States release March 24, 1989 · Produced in Spain · Original title Tras el cristal
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TEM Productores
Production
Spain
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Languages
Original title
Tras el cristal
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
United States · March 5, 1986
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Spain · August 6, 1986
Theatrical
United States · March 24, 1989
Theatrical
United States · May 25, 2004
Physical · DVD
Canada
August 6, 1986 · Limited theatrical
France
March 25, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Germany
October 31, 2008 · Physical · DVD
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