Tras el cristal

Aug 6 1986 Unrated 1h 50m
Drama, Horror

A mysterious teenager named Ángelo cares for Klaus, a German doctor with a dark past who lives trapped in an iron lung.

Plot

In Spain, the former Nazi doctor Klaus tries to commit suicide jumping off the roof of his manor. However, he survives with the entire body paralyzed and dependent on an iron lung with glass sides. His wife Griselda decides to hire a nurse since she does not bear the situation. Klaus asks Griselda to hire Angelo, a mysterious teenager that appears in their house. Angelo befriends Klaus' daughter Rena and sooner it is shown that Klaus was a pedophile that loved to feel the fear of death in young boys before abusing and killing them. Further, Angelo is a disturbed and totally insane victim of his experiments that intends to follow the insanities described in Klaus' diary and incorporate his personality.

Written by

Agustí Villaronga

Directed by

Agustí Villaronga

Production Countries

Spain

Production Companies

T.E.M. Productores S.A.

Languages

Español

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
5,269
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA