Heart of Glass

Heart of Glass

1976•1h 34m•6.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(126)

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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Production

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Josef Bierbichler

Josef Bierbichler

Hias

Stefan Güttler

Hüttenbesitzer

Clemens Scheitz

Clemens Scheitz

Adalbert, the servant

Sonja Skiba

Ludmilla

Volker Prechtel

Volker Prechtel

Wudy

Brunhilde Klöckner

Paulin

Wolf Albrecht

Sam

Thomas Binkley

Lute player

Janos Fischer

Ägide

Wilhelm Friedrich

Edith Gratz

Alois Hruschka

Egmont Hugel

Sterling Jones

Wolfram Kunkel

Wolfram Kunkel

Werner Lederle

Richard Levitt

Sepp Müller

Agnes Nuissl

Andrea von Ramm

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