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Heart of Glass

1976 · 1h 34m · NOT RATED Comedy, Drama
Directed by Werner Herzog

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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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89%
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Fresh

The elusiveness of Heart of Glass makes it something of a disappointment. But it is too mysteriously lovely to be regarded as a failure.

Janet Maslin, New York Times
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A visionary film (1976) that fails to cast a spell and so remains rather lifeless -- a problem compounded by the fact that all the actors are performing under hypnosis.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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