Protective cartridge for a glare protection device, with an optical glare protection filter that comprises at least one liquid-crystal cell, with at least one control and/or regulation unit that is configured to control and/or regulate, depending on a captured work state, on an electronic signal from an external signal source and/or on a light irradiation, a transmittance of the optical glare protection filter between at least one bright level and at least one dark level, the glare protection device comprising at least one 0information interface for receiving at least one piece of information about at least one work state, and/or at least one sensor for a detection of at least one work state, the transmittance of the optical glare protection filter being at at least one bright level equivalent to a protection level smaller than 2.5, the optical glare protection filter having at least one passive filter unit, the passive filter unit comprising at least one absorptive and/or reflective infrared filter element, characterised in that the passive filter unit comprises at least one dichroic filter element, the dichroic filter element forming a long-pass filter, the infrared filter element being implemented integrally with a cover disc which is arranged on a side of the optical glare protection filter that faces away from the user in a state when worn, the dichroic filter element being configured to reflect at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation, namely the UV portion, the optical glare protection filter comprising at least one anti-reflection unit, which is arranged on a side of the optical glare protection filter that faces toward a user's eye in a state when worn, and the anti-reflection unit being additionally arranged on a side of the optical glare protection filter that faces away from the user's eye, in a state when worn. with an optical glare protection filter that comprises at least one liquid-crystal cell, with at least one control and/or regulation unit that is configured to control and/or regulate, depending on a captured work state, on an electronic signal from an external signal source and/or on a light irradiation, a transmittance of the optical glare protection filter between at least one bright level and at least one dark level, the glare protection device comprising at least one 0information interface for receiving at least one piece of information about at least one work state, and/or at least one sensor for a detection of at least one work state, the transmittance of the optical glare protection filter being at at least one bright level equivalent to a protection level smaller than 2.5, the optical glare protection filter having at least one passive filter unit, the passive filter unit comprising at least one absorptive and/or reflective infrared filter element, characterised in that the passive filter unit comprises at least one dichroic filter element, the dichroic filter element forming a long-pass filter, the infrared filter element being implemented integrally with a cover disc which is arranged on a side of the optical glare protection filter that faces away from the user in a state when worn, the dichroic filter element being configured to reflect at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation, namely the UV portion, the optical glare protection filter comprising at least one anti-reflection unit, which is arranged on a side of the optical glare protection filter that faces toward a user's eye in a state when worn, and the anti-reflection unit being additionally arranged on a side of the optical glare protection filter that faces away from the user's eye, in a state when worn.