BLEAK WEEK: IN A GLASS CAGE

Years after committing atrocities as a torturer of interned children during the Holocaust, Nazi doctor and pedophile Klaus (Günter Meisner) continues to murder little boys. After a gruesomely botched suicide attempt leaves Klaus imprisoned in an iron lung, he gives up his sickening pastime. But when a mysterious teenager named Angelo (David Sust) arrives at his home claiming to be a nurse, Klaus happily hires the boy as his new attendant — a decision he soon regrets. A depraved fairy tale about circles of abuse, power, fascism and Spain's WWII moral complicity, IN A GLASS CAGE is one of the all-time great gothic shockers.

“Spain’s increasing cinematic freedom during the ‘80s produced nothing more harrowing than this astonishing, utterly fearless debut feature from filmmaker Agusti Villaronga. This film was eventually discovered by adventurous horror connoisseurs, who quickly placed it alongside SALO and CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST in the pantheon of beautifully-made cinematic atrocities. However, even among such barbed company, this one still packs a punch that leaves many viewers reeling long afterwards.” - Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital

“Cold and bleak, but with a clear warmth and empathy for its damaged characters that keeps it from ever devolving into empty transgression.” - Liz Purchell