Glass
1958
10 min
⭐ 7.6/10
39 votes
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…
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- Netherlands
Spoken Languages
- No Language xx
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Cast
Crew
Bert Haanstra
Director
Bert Haanstra
Writer
Bert Haanstra
Producer
Eduard van der Enden
Cinematography
Pim Jacobs
Music
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