--- title: 'The Glass Cell (1978)' type: 'film' director: 'Hans W. Geißendörfer' released: '1978-04-06' runtime_minutes: 93 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Germany' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-glass-cell-1978' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077615/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Glass Cell (1978) 1978 · 93 min · Drama · Germany Original title: Die gläserne Zelle ## Synopsis The Glass Cell is a 1978 West German crime film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer and starring Brigitte Fossey, Helmut Griem, and Dieter Laser. It is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. ## Credits - **Director:** [Hans W. Geißendörfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-w-gei-endorfer) - **Screenplay:** [Hans W. Geißendörfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-w-gei-endorfer), [Klaus Bädekerl](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-badekerl) - **Producer:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger) - **Director of Photography:** [Robby Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/robby-muller) - **Editor:** [Peter Przygodda](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-przygodda) ## Cast - [Martin Flörchinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-florchinger) - [Claudius Kracht](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudius-kracht) - [Brigitte Fossey](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-fossey) - [Günter Strack](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-strack) - [Hans Günter Martens](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-gunter-martens) - [Dieter Laser](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-laser) - [Helmut Griem](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-griem) - [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki) - [Walter Kohut](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-kohut) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-glass-cell-1978 Film facts: Wikidata (Q317062); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.