Heart of Glass

Heart of Glass

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1976-11-12
Genre:Drama
Duration:94 min
Country:Germany
Director:Werner Herzog
Actors:Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba, Volker Prechtel
Production:Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Overview:

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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