Realm of Darkness - Caves of Glass

Feb 15, 1986

0h 52m

★ 10.0

Overview

Caves of Glass is a documentary from director Sid Perou's Realm of Darkness series, focusing on the ice caves of the Austrian Tennengebirge Alps, including the Eisriesenweld and Eiskogelhöhle. It features Austrian speleologist Fritz Oedl, Belgian speleologist Guy Meauxsoone, and Ian "Tommo" White of the Northern Caving Community. First broadcast on Channel 4 on February 15, 1986, it won a Special Mention at the 5th Barcelona International Festival of Esoteric Cinema that same year.

Genres

Documentary

Adventure

Production Companies

Chameleon Television Productions

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Cast

Narrator

David Fleeshman

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Guy Meauxsoone

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Fritz Oedl

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Ian "Tommo" White

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