The Glass-Blower's Children (1998)
TMDb
5.2
27/02/1998 • 1h 50m
original-title
Glasblåsarns barn
status
Released
production-companies
Audiovisuellt Produksjonsfond
Birkeland Film Company
Eurimages
Mutter Media
Nordic Screen Production AS
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Orrefors
Spice
Svenska Filminstitutet
TV 1000 Sverige
Zentropa Entertainments
Sonet Film AB
original-language
Swedish
budget
-
revenue
-
Based on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in the poor Swedish countryside of the mid-19th century. Their father Albert is a glass-blower, famous for his beautiful vases, but still unable to earn enough money for his wife Sofia and the children. At a spring fair a distinguished gentleman arrives and buys all of Albert's glassware. After this nothing will be the same again. Klas and Klara are kidnapped and taken to a strange castle...
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