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Heart of Glass

1976 1h 34m Werner Herzog

Heart of Glass

★ 6.8 IMDb

Drama Made in Europe

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.

Writers Werner Herzog, Herbert Achternbusch

Cast Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba

DP Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Music Popol Vuh

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