Silence Like Glass (1989)
Zwei Frauen
True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.
- Date of release
- 1989-07-06
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Carl Schenkel
Casting
- Jami Gertz — Eva Martin
- Martha Plimpton — Claudia Jacoby
- George Peppard — Mr. Martin
- Bruce Payne — Dr. Burton
- Rip Torn — Dr. Markowitz
- Gayle Hunnicutt — Mrs. Martin
- Dayle Haddon — Darlene Meyers
- Theresa Merritt — Nurse Wilson
- James Remar — Charly
- Madeleine Sherwood — Grandmother
- Matthew Burton — Chaplain Lawrence
- Yeardley Smith — Karen
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: New York City and Austria
Silence Like Glass is a 1989 German-American drama film. Though made in Germany, it is set in America and features an American cast with all English dialogue. The film stars Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Bruce Payne, and Rip Torn.
Production
Filming took place in West Germany in autumn 1988. The film opened the Munich film festival in the summer of 1989. Actress Martha Plimpton shaved her head for this role, a move that would influence the direction of her career for the next several years. She appeared bald in the 1989 film Parenthood and accompanied her then-boyfriend River Phoenix to the Oscars with a bald head.
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