Heart of Glass

Heart of Glass

1976 · 94 min · DE · NR · 6.6 (98 votes)
Dir. Werner Herzog · Starring Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba, Volker Prechtel, Brunhilde Klöckner
Drama

A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.

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A hushed, almost trance-like experience. The film drifts on a tide of melancholy and unspoken anxieties, mirroring the quiet desperation of a community grappling with a profound, almost mystical loss. It's a slow, deliberate descent into a shared dream.

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