Released Date:
1976-12-17
Languages:
German
Countries:
West Germany
Runtime:
94 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (3742 Reviews)
Director:
Werner HerzogGenres:
DramaHerbert Achternbusch
Werner Herzog
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.
Released Date:
1977-01-12
Languages:
German, English, Turkish
Countries:
West Germany
Runtime:
115 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (8639 Reviews)
Director:
Werner HerzogBruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva's pimps, they join Bruno's neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin. In that winter bound, barren prairie, Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva as a waitress. They buy a trailer. Then, bills mount, the bank threatens to repossess the trailer, Eva wants privacy, and inexorably, the promise of a new life deserts Bruno.
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