Short night of glass dolls street singer 1971 known for night of the flowers chris 1972. A young provincial elementary school teacher, falls in love with a venetian girl, daughter of a rich industrialist. Make offer short night of glass dolls bluray 2016 88 films, italian collection region b. For a better experience on mubi, update your browser. Seven bloodstained orchids rates somewhere in the middle of this pack. Directed by aldo lado and starring the handsome jean sobel, this oddball mystery offers a great hook. The short night of the glass dolls official trailer. Bluray, 1972, region b please read newsealed short night of glass dolls bluray 2016 88 films, italian collection region b. I suppose the film is a giallo, but it comes off more as a political thriller than a murder mystery. Short night of glass dolls 1971 the movie database tmdb. It is the directorial debut of aldo lado and stars ingrid thulin, jean sorel and barbara bach. Short night of glass dolls is a 1971 italianwest germanyugoslav.
Trova trailer, recensioni e tutte le informazioni su short night of glass dolls di aldo lado. But without dragging signor lado descendants obscure political allusions, american journalist story searches for his missing girlfriend in the ancient and mysterious prague could remain interesting and forty years after the first was told. Short night of the glass dolls is a very unusual giallo mainly because of the pace. A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students takes her out on a boat. Season of the witch 1972 black sunday 1977 supermarkt 1974 subwaystories tales from the underground 1997 radio inside 1994 appointment at eleven 1959 memories of murder 1990 uno koichiro no nurete noru 1982 cat girls gamblers naked flesh paid into the pot 1965 domination 1994 american guinea pig bouquet of guts and gore. Short night of glass dolls nude scenes 6 images and 2 videos including appearances from ingrid thulin barbara bach. Find out where short night of the glass dolls is streaming, if short night of the glass dolls is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Narrated by a living corpse and steeped in the crushed hopes of the prague spring of 1968, this convoluted thriller marked the directing debut of aldo lado.
Excellent in every way, perhaps bar the hideous song three quarters of the way through where a grinning loon of a hippy sings an interminable song about butterflies but i guess you cant have everything. An american journalist temporarily stationed in eastern europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared. With ingrid thulin, jean sorel, mario adorf, barbara bach. Short night of glass dolls is a unique little gem of a horror movie, deviating from the norm in fascinating and haunting ways. The czech setting gothic, renaissance and baroque architecture play a major part in informing the mood, genre and visual ambience, making short night of the glass dolls more of a bleak giallo than the lurid pulp of argento, dallamano or lenzi.
Short night of glass dolls movie trailer and videos tv guide. It is one of the best alfred hitchcock presents episodes, furthermore because the. Actor ingrid thulin jean sorel mario adorf addeddate 20191029 19. Short night of glass dolls 1971, however, is set in prague, which adds to its strange, foreboding atmosphereand also supplies plenty of eastern european hotties to eyeball. Short night of glass dolls dvd the italian collection 21. Id seen some in the past but with many being released for the first time on. Short night of the glass dolls is an acknowledged classic of the genre for the few people who have seen it, a suspenseful and thoroughly atmospheric conspiracy thriller which takes an understated approach to rival the sheer claustrophobic paranoia of such 70s classics as. Short night of glass dolls 1971 directed by aldo lado. Short night of glass dolls nude scenes naked pics and. Dont torture a duckling 1972 register or login now to start creating and sharing your own horror lists. It stars jean sorel as an american reporter, trapped inside his apparently dead body, but still trying to decipher the disappearance of his beautiful girlfriend barbara bach. She is the wife of english musician and former beatles drummer ringo starr. Aldo lados directorial debut short night of glass dolls is a bleak and. Short night of glass dolls movie trailer 1971 plot synopsis.
Prior to the boom in hong kong actionmovie imports, italy led nonhollywood cinema in the production of internationally popular genre pictures, starting in the 60s with westerns and swordand sandal epics, and moving. Watch short night of glass dolls movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. On the surface, the latter movie looks like an absolute grand slam winner. August 28, 1946 is an american actress and model, best known for her role as the bond girl anya amasova in the spy who loved me. The short night of the glass dolls is an unusual giallo, but it is also one of the genres very best. No black gloves or razor blades, no lurking psychopath drenched in black, just pure mystery with one hell of a framing device.
Short night of glass dolls is a very unusual giallo, and though it always seems to be. Short night of the glass dolls is a slow burn excercise in deceptive dread that doesnt rely on the usual giallo tropes. While in italy, barbara began her acting career, starting with the tv miniseries odissea in 1968, where she was billed as barbara gregorini. Other roles followed in the giallo horror films black belly of the tarantula and short night of the glass dolls in 1971, the crimethrillers stateline motel 1973 and street law 1974 and other films. Only thing is, gregory is still alive and has been paralyzed in a deathlike. Director and cowriter umberto lenzi, who died in october 2017 shortly after filming a new interview for this release, was a journeyman filmmaker, plying his artisanship in whatever genre happened to be popular at the time. Twilight times bluray looks and sounds great, and features some unique extras that even those who already own the german edition may want to own. Short night of glass dolls is an 1971 italian giallo film. Short night of glass dolls 1971 0129 1972 it horror, mystery 1h 32m user score.
The word giallo likely inspires a very specific set of images in the minds of most horror fans. An american journalist in prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared. Short night of glass dolls movie 1971 video dailymotion. Short night of glass dolls dvd, 2008 for sale online ebay. Movies like veronica movies like hereditary movies like pet sematary.
The basic premise had already been used in an episode of alfred hitchcock. Either way, the film operates exactly like the breakdown episode, with. Done to your daughters, caliber 9, and the italian connection all 1972. A typical giallo tends to be very stylish, often they have several grisly murders and the music can be outlandish. Weve got the black clad killer, gruesome killings, red herrings, and a father determined to bring the guilty to justice. Short night of glass dolls 1971 the movie database. The premises here is great, gregory moore awakens in morgue to find that his body is completely froze but his mind is completely alive, he watches as the doctors and friends come to examine him. That film was a somewhat lessthantraditional giallo, photographed inexpensively behind the iron curtain in the cities of zagreb and prague.
Short night of the glass dolls where to stream and watch. Jean sorel, barbara bach, ingrid thulin of course, pull a short night of glass dolls on the overall average, but only just. List of giallo films page 2 show list info the giallo film is a predominantly italian subgenre of film basically involving horrorthrillers and mystery done in a highly stylized fashion. Reporter gregory moore jean sorel lies in a hospital bed, where he is believed to be dead, but he can see and hear everything going on around him.