A small 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.
"Herzog's mesmerizing drama about a small town and its obsession about how to make the famous Ruby Glass. Unfortunately the keeper of the secret just died and didn't tell anyone...oh shit. One of those CASTS A SPELL ON YOU type flicks.
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Kurkkuharja added this to a list 11 months, 1 week ago
"Beautiful images but Herzog failed to impress. The entire cast acted under hypnosis except Hias (Josef Bierbichler). Feels and sounds like a gimmicky attempt to get noticed. "