The Cell (1971)
- Original title
- Die Zelle
- Directed by
- Horst Bienek
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A writer is held as a political prisoner in East Germany. He resists signing a false confession about a bombing he did not commit. As torture escalates, a fellow prisoner warns him of worse treatment to come.
claustrophobicbleakoppressivetenseslow-burngrimintrospectiveharrowing
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