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12/11/1976 Drama 1h 34m
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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.

  1. Werner Herzog

    Director, Writer

  2. Herbert Achternbusch

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Josef Bierbichler

    Hias

  2. Stefan Güttler

    Hüttenbesitzer

  3. Clemens Scheitz

    Adalbert, the servant

  4. Sonja Skiba

    Ludmilla

  5. Volker Prechtel

    Wudy

  6. Brunhilde Klöckner

    Paulin

  7. Wolf Albrecht

    Sam

  8. Thomas Binkley

    Lute player

  9. Janos Fischer

    Ägide

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-01
Maybe it was Herzog’s intention, but I will admit to a degree of confusion as the credits rolled on this. On the face of it, it is about a village famed for it’s artisan “Ruby” glass. The thing is, though, it’s only the factory foreman who knows the secrets of it’s manufacture and when he dies the rest of the place fears the worst. “Hias” (Josef Bierbichler) seems to have some gift of prophecy and is certainly not a man whose glass is half full. Indeed he rather ominously portends poverty and gloom for the villagers - a fate even more doom-laden than just not having the “Ruby...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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