The Glass Room

Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Viktor in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s.

Cast

Hanna Alström

as Liesel Landauer

Karel Roden

as Rainer von Abt

Carice van Houten

as Hana

Claes Bang

as Viktor Landauer

Roland Møller

as Stahl

Alexandra Borbély

as Kata

Karel Dobrý

as Láník

Zuzana Fialová

as Láníková

Brian Caspe

as Gestapo Officer

Petra Bučková

as Neighbour

Reviews

SWITCH.

While falling short of the desired celebration that love conquers all, 'The Glass Room' still has some interesting plot points that may fare better in the novel it's based off. Given more time and a stronger, more coherent script, there is enough here to suggest that this is a story worth telling, b...

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