Glass

Glass

1958
10m
7.6

7.6/10

39 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
Overview

This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly edited ballet of working hands and the sequence of mechanical motions of the engines, is it especially a cinematic tour de force. That the industry can’t do without man’s involvement is shown in the scene where we hear the voice of Haanstra himself counting the bottles on the conveyor belt, until one bottle breaks…

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Status: Released

Language: NL

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Production Information

Production Companies
Netherlands Government George K. Arthur - Go Pictures Bert Haanstra Films
Production Countries
Netherlands
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

glass blowing short film poetic documentary

Quick Facts

Original Title Glas
Release Date June 27, 1958
Status Released
Language NL
IMDb ID tt0052852

Cast

Key Crew

Bert Haanstra
Director
Bert Haanstra
Writer
Bert Haanstra
Producer