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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Herbert Achternbusch (writer)
Werner Herzog (writer)
Release Date:
17 December 1976 (West Germany) more
Plot:
The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass". full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(3 articles)
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an incredibly dense atmosphere more (34 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Josef Bierbichler | ... | Hias | |
| Stefan Güttler | ... | Huttenbesitzer | |
| Clemens Scheitz | ... | Adalbert | |
| Sonja Skiba | ... | Ludmilla | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Wolf Albrecht | |||
| Thomas Binkley | |||
| Janos Fischer | |||
| Wilhelm Friedrich | |||
| Edith Gratz | |||
| Alois Hruschka | |||
| Egmont Hugel | |||
| Amad Ibn Ghassem Nadij | |||
| Sterling Jones | |||
| Karl Kaufmann | |||
| Brunhilde Klöckner | |||
| Helmut Kossick | |||
| Helmut Krüger | |||
| Wolfram Kunkel | |||
| Werner Lederle | |||
| Richard Levitt | |||
| Sepp Müller | |||
| Agnes Nuissl | |||
| Volker Prechtel | |||
| Bernhard Schabel | |||
| Karl Schwarzmayer | (as Walter Schwarzmeier) | ||
| Friedrich Steinhauer | |||
| Arno Vahrenwald | |||
| Andrea von Ramm | |||
| Detlev Weiler | |||
| Siegfried Wolf | |||
| Karl Yblagger | |||
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Also Known As:
Heart of Glass (USA)
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94 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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The majority of the actors (with the exception of Hias and the glass blowers) were actually hypnotized by Werner Herzog and perform under hypnosis on screen. more
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Featured in Bis ans Ende... und dann noch weiter. Die ekstatische Welt des Filmemachers Werner Herzog (1989) (TV) more
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This is a truly mesmerizing movie experience. It manages to balance that fine line between stylization and total realism, not unlike Kubrick, though he never ventured this far. The cinematography is almost like in a documentary, but the performances and narrative is totally abstract and stylized. In my opinion, it succesfully transports the viewer into another reality. It is a film that invites you to meditate and free-associate at your own will. The narrative, linear but disjointed, suggests a breakdown of time itself, a consequence of the lost secret of the glass. The long sections with hypnotizing music and magical landscapes balances well with the rest of the story, and there are scenes were dialogue, visuals and music, creates an incredibly dense atmosphere. There is also a welcome sense of humor which prevents it from becoming overly pretentious. I found it to be a very inspiring and unique movie, and I recommend it to anyone tired of the ordinary.