Story Line
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.
Top Cast
Josef Bierbichler
Hias
Stefan Güttler
Hüttenbesitzer
Clemens Scheitz
Adalbert, the servant
Sonja Skiba
Ludmilla
Volker Prechtel
Wudy
Brunhilde Klöckner
Paulin
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Rating
6.6/ 10
Release Date
1976-11-12
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (1)
CinemaSerf
6/10
•1/1/2026Maybe 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 ...