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Original title: Herz aus Glas

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The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
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.

Quotes
[first lines]
Hias: I look into the distance to the end of the world. Before the day is over, the end will come. First, time will tumble, and then the earth. The clouds will begin to race... the earth boils over; this is the sign. This is the beginning of the end. The world's edge begins to crumble... everything starts to collapse... tumbles, fall, crumbles and collapses. I look into the cataract. I feel an undertow, it draws me, it sucks me down. I began to fal, a vertigo seizes upon me.

Connections
Featured in The South Bank Show: Werner Herzog (1982)

Soundtracks
Zäuerli mit Talerschwingen
(uncredited)
[Played during the first scene whilst Hias is watching the herd.]

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Featured review

7/10

The World of Herzog

The foreman of a small village glassworks dies without revealing the secret to the famous "Ruby Glass".

This is very much a Werner Herzog film. Although the plot itself is interesting, and allows us to see a small village collapse in on itself because f its failure to diversify its economy, it really is not about the plot at all. It is a collection of unusual characters -- and sometimes just strange faces -- that make up Herzog's world. Not having been to Germany, I can't say, but I suspect his view and the real world are very much in opposition! What lessons are we to draw from this film? I have no idea. I mean, you know, besides the idea that it's important to write things down in case of our untimely demise!