Timeless
A Bavarian town in the 18th century is famous for its glass blowing works, and their speciality, the so called ruby glass. It is colored brilliant red, and is nowhere but there to be found. When the master glass blower and foreman of the works suddenly dies, without having ever revealed the secret behind the ruby glass, the town slides into a deep depression. The local Baron and factory owner becomes obsessed with the finding the precious but lost secret, believing that the ruby glass even has magical powers.
In a style later typical for Herzog, Heart of Glass tells a story too good to be true, but in a way that makes it yet believable in all its bizarreness. It is by Herzog-connoisseurs considered one of his absolute finest early works.
Josef Bierbichler
Stefan Güttler
Clemens Scheitz
Director:
Werner Herzog
Script:
Herbert Achternbusch, Werner Herzog
Length:
1h 34m
Original language:
Tyska
Original title:
Herz aus Glas
Production year:
1976
NonStop Entertainment
