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.
Directed by Werner Herzog
dreams
allegory
hypnosis
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
Josef Bierbichler
Hias
Clemens Scheitz
Adalbert, the servant
Volker Prechtel
Wudy
Wolfram Kunkel
Werner Herzog
Glass Transporter
Crew
Werner Herzog
Director
Herbert Achternbusch
Writer
Werner Herzog
Writer
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
Werner Herzog
Producer
Popular Reviews
25 reviews
Logie B
2.0★ · 04/08/26
Would rather watch gotti 4 times in a row than watch even 30 minutes of this again
Would rather watch gotti 4 times in a row than watch even 30 minutes of this again
Nick
4.0★ · 01/06/26
I like the documentarian moments in a lot of the early Herzog stuff but the plot definitely leaves something to be desired.
I like the documentarian moments in a lot of the early Herzog stuff but the plot definitely leaves something to be desired.
Guillaume
10.0★ · 11/22/25
Je me suis fait hypnotiser par le film (0 vannes)
Pour rester dans le thème du trip sous champi ce soir c’est la première fois que je vois 2001 dans une copie 4K.
Je me suis fait hypnotiser par le film (0 vannes)
Pour rester dans le thème du trip sous champi ce soir c’est la première fois que je vois 2001 dans une copie 4K.
