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Herz aus Glas = Heart of glass /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DV11566 | Anchor Bay Entertainment | (disc)DV12775-D | Anchor Bay Entertainment | (disc)DV12775-D | Anchor Bay Entertainment | (container)DV12775 | Anchor Bay Entertainment | (set)DV12775BK | Anchor Bay Entertainment | (booklet)Language: German Original language: German Subtitle language: English Publisher: Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2004]Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • English title from container and disc label: Heart of glass
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Achternbusch, Herbert. Stunde des Todes
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.437
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .H4555 2004
Other classification:
  • 24.32
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Written, produced & directed by Werner Herzog ; photography, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein ; editor, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus ; music, Popol Vuh, Studio der Frühen Musik.
Cast: Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Volker Prechtel, Sonja Skiba, Brunhilde Klöckner.Summary: Set in the 18th-century, this film tells of a Bavarian village that loses the secret of making its unique ruby glass. The townspeople turn to madness, murder, and magic in a desperate effort to recover the pure ingredient they have lost. During the filming, Herzog hypnotized his actors in order to help convey the atmosphere of hallucination, prophecy and the visionary.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-01826 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050164584

Based on Herbert Achternbusch's screenplay Die Stunde des Todes.

Originally released in 1976 as a motion picture.

Wide screen (1.66:1).

Publisher number appears as DV11566 on some disc labels, as DV12775-D on others.

Released as part of a 7 DVD box set (in 6 containers) of Werner Herzog's films titled: Werner Herzog.

Box set accompanied by a booklet (16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) with notes on each film in the set.

Features: optional audio commentary with Werner Herzog and Norman Hill; theatrical trailer; production notes.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD.

In German (Dolby digital mono) with optional English subtitles.

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