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Short Night of Glass Dolls
4K/UHD + Blu-ray | Collector's Edition | Slipcase

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While investigating his girlfriend's vanishing, a journalist's own body is discovered. Only, he's not really dead and his mind is reeling-I am alive!

For the first time in stunning 4K ultra-high resolution, this 4-disc 4K UHD and Blu-ray Collector’s Edition features a brand new, fully restored 4K transfer of the movie from the original camera negatives, as well as a 35mm Grindhouse version of the movie. It comes in a slipbox that contains a disc case with reversible cover sleeve featuring the English and the original Italian title of the movie, as well as a 64-page booklet.

From the fringes of the giallo genre, writer and director Aldo Lado (WHO SAW HER DIE?, NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS) delivers a debut movie that pushes the boundaries of convention with “an ending that is one of the best, truly shocking giallo finales ever put on film.” (Collider)

American foreign correspondent Gregory Moore is on his final assignment in Prague before transitioning to London. He plans to bring his beautiful Czech girlfriend Myra with him, freeing her from the shackles of oppressive Iron Curtain politics. But their plans are suddenly derailed when Myra vanishes without a trace.

His investigation into her disappearance makes him realize that decadence, superstition, and hunger for power run deep in the City of a Hundred Spires.

And then his own body turns up in a park…

With no sign of life or rigor mortis, doctors prepare to perform an autopsy to discover the cause of his mysterious and symptomless death. What they don’t know is that in his mind, Greg is frantic. Silently screaming. “I am alive!”

Newly restored and presented in 4K ultra-high resolution for the first time, “Short Night of Glass Dolls” is “easily one of the most intelligent and stylish gialli” (The Celluloid Highway). The film will surprise you with its remarkable narrative, distinctive photography, and stellar cast that includes Jean Sorel (A LIZARD IN A WOMAN’S SKIN, THE SWEET BODY OF DEBORAH), Barbara Bach (THE BLACK BELLY OF THE TARANTULA, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME), Ingrid Thulin (THE SILENCE, WILD STRAWBERRIES) and Mario Adorf (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS?).

Celluloid Dreams is proud to present this newly scanned version, restored in 4K from the original camera negative, along with countless extras.

  • 35mm Grindhouse Version
  • US Pan&Scan VHS version (as 'Paralyzed')
  • Isolated Score
  • Commentary Track by Aldo Lado and Federico Caddeo
  • Commentary Track by Guido Henkel
  • 'The Nights of Malastrana' 2015 Interview with writer/director Aldo Lado (97 mins)
  • 'The Most Beautiful Voice in the World' Interview with soprano Edda Del Orso (21 mins)
  • 'The Quest for Money' Interview with producer Enzo Doria (20 mins)
  • 'Cuts Like a Knife' Interview with film editor Mario Morra (23 mins)
  • 'To Italy and Back' Interview with co-producer Dieter Geissler (29 mins)
  • Retrospective Featurette by Howard Berger
  • Long-lost, export 'Malastrana' credits
  • 64-page Booklet
  • Image Gallery
  • Italian Trailer
  • English Trailer
  • English Trailer (as 'Catalepsia')
  • 2018 Interview with writer/director Aldo Lado (25 mins)

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