52779
52779

Glass

1958-06-27
7.553
nl 10m
Documentary
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…

Director

Bert Haanstra

Writer

Bert Haanstra

Editor

Bert Haanstra

Producer

Bert Haanstra

Assistant Director

Wim van der Velde

Cinematography

Eduard van der Enden

glass blowing short film poetic documentary

Status

Released

Countries

  • Netherlands

Companies

  • Netherlands Government
  • George K. Arthur - Go Pictures
  • Bert Haanstra Films