my initial thoughts were that the inside door handle should open the door but this is only true if you lock the doors from the inside. I forgot that in fact you cannot open the doors with the inside handle if you lock the doors from the outside so that even if someone smashes your window, they still cannot open the door.

the fact that your window is screwed up as well points to an electrical problem rather than a mechanical one. have you done anything to your car lately, installed a stereo or something?