# Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

> A supposedly dead journalist races against an unseen conspiracy while his mind reconstructs the disappearance that left him trapped between life and death.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/25353

## Facts

- Runtime: 97 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
- Director: Aldo Lado
- Cast: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach, Fabijan Šovagović, José Quaglio, Relja Bašić, Piero Vida
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067384/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: paranoid, eerie, foreboding, late night horror marathon, giallo double feature

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- [The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/10126)
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- [The Psychic (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/16761)
- [Deep Red (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/12129)
- [Lisa and the Devil (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/3041)
- [The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/17043)
- [The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/19231)

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