Herz aus Glas / ein Film von Werner Herzog ; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Herzog, Werner, 1942- producer, director, screenwriter.

Bierbichler, Josef, actor.

Güttler, Stefan, actor.

Scheitz, Clemens, actor.

Prechtel, Volker, actor.

Skiba, Sonja, actor.

Klöckner, Brunhilde, actor.

Schmidt-Reitwein, Jörg, 1939- director of photography.

Mainka-Jellinghaus, Beate, editor of moving image work.

Popol Vuh (Musical group), composer (expression).

Studio der Frühen Musik, composer (expression).

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, production company.

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc., publisher.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Achternbusch, Herbert--Film adaptations.

Achternbusch, Herbert.

Glass blowing and working--Germany--Drama.

Glass blowing and working.

Feature films.

Germany (West).

Germany.

Genre:

Feature films.

Experimental films.

Foreign language films -- German.

Experimental films

Fiction films

Feature films

Drama

Film adaptations

Film adaptations.

Motion pictures, German.

Fiction films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

English title from container and disc label: Heart of glass

Place of Publication:

Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2004]

Language Note:

German dialogue with optional English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.

digital

optical

mono

Dolby digital

video file

DVD video

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.

Participant:

Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Volker Prechtel, Sonja Skiba, Brunhilde Klöckner.

Credits:

Written, produced & directed by Werner Herzog ; photography, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein ; editor, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus ; music, Popol Vuh, Studio der Frühen Musik.

Notes:

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.

Related Work:

Motion picture adaptation of: Achternbusch, Herbert. Stunde des Todes.

OCLC:

59133241

Publisher Number:

013131277593 (set)

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)

Access Restriction:

Educational and home use only.

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