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Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Short Night of Glass Dolls poster
Original title
La corta notte delle bambole di vetro
Directed by
Aldo Lado
Genre
horror film
Country
Germany, Italy
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
16
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 102 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American journalist is found unresponsive in a Prague park. The story shows his search for his missing girlfriend in the days before this event.

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What happens

Short Night of Glass Dolls (Italian: La corta notte delle bambole di vetro) is a 1971 giallo film directed by Aldo Lado in his directorial debut, and starring Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, and Barbara Bach. Its plot follows an American journalist in Prague who is found apparently dead in a park, and charts the disappearance of his girlfriend and his search for her in the days prior. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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