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The Glass Cell

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The Glass Cell	comment	The Glass Cell (Die gläserne Zelle) is a 1978 film from West Germany directed by Hans W. Geissendörfer.It is a German-language adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's English-language novel of the same name. Philip Braun is an architect who, five years previously, was unjustly accused of corruption and embezzlement in the construction of a school that collapsed. The real guilty party was Lasky, the contractor, but it's Braun who was convicted of stealing 350,000 marks.After five years Philip is paroled and sent home to his wife, Lisa, and son Timmy. After a certain awkwardness Philip settles in. However, he grows suspicious of his lawyer, David Reinlet (Dieter Laser). Specifically, Philip grows suspicious of the awfully friendly relationship between Lisa and David. Eventually, Lisa admits that she cheated on Philip with David while Philip was in jail.
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The Glass Cell / int_1501e2dd	type	Hero Antagonist
The Glass Cell / int_1501e2dd	comment	Hero Antagonist: Inspector Ostarreicher of the police, who after all is completely correct in thinking that Philip has committed two murders.
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The Glass Cell / int_1e159001	type	Diagonal Billing
The Glass Cell / int_1e159001	comment	Diagonal Billing: Stars Helmut Griem (Philip) and Brigitte Fossey (Lisa) are billed this way in the opening credits.
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The Glass Cell / int_266b283	type	Crime After Crime
The Glass Cell / int_266b283	comment	Crime After Crime: Philip kills David in a fit of rage. He then kills Lasky to stop Lasky from revealing that he killed David.
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The Glass Cell / int_33029735	type	Dies Wide Open
The Glass Cell / int_33029735	comment	Dies Wide Open: Lasky, when his body falls to the floor of the beer hall after Philip whips out a knife and stabs him in the heart.
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The Glass Cell / int_3f267047	type	Voiceover Letter
The Glass Cell / int_3f267047	comment	Voiceover Letter: A few times throughout the film, the letters Lisa wrote Philip while he was in jail are played over the soundtrack, as Philip is getting more and more depressed about the current state of their marriage.
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The Glass Cell / int_615fdb1f	type	Dream Sequence
The Glass Cell / int_615fdb1f	comment	Dream Sequence: The opening scene has Philip having a nightmare of being unjustly convicted of fraud and embezzlement.
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The Glass Cell / int_6404635	type	Dramatic Shattering
The Glass Cell / int_6404635	comment	Dramatic Shattering: Philip has been getting more and more suspicious of David and Lisa. But when David puts his arm around Lisa's shoulder at her birthday party, Philip has a sort of spasm, knocking over a wine glass which dramatically shatters.
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The Glass Cell / int_64e975cf	type	Manly Tears
The Glass Cell / int_64e975cf	comment	Manly Tears: The first time Philip and Lisa make love after he comes home ends with Philip bursting into tears and saying "I'm home again."
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The Glass Cell / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Glass Cell / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Philip. He kills two people, and gets away with it when Lisa backs up his alibi and neither the witness from David's apartment building nor the witnesses at the beer hall can make a positive ID.
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The Glass Cell / int_aef5c283	type	Off-into-the-Distance Ending
The Glass Cell / int_aef5c283	comment	Off-into-the-Distance Ending: The film ends with Philip and Lisa leaving the police station, after Philip has beaten the rap and escaped punishment for two murders.
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The Glass Cell / int_f70710ae	type	Blackmail Backfire
The Glass Cell / int_f70710ae	comment	Blackmail Backfire: Lasky, who bugged David's apartment and thus has an audio recording of Philip murdering David, gets the bright idea to blackmail David for 200,000 marks. Philip murders him instead of paying off.
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