The Glass-Blower's Children

1998 5.2 (13 votes) 1h 50m

Genres

Drama Family

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

The Glass-Blower's Children (Glasblåsarns barn)

Overview

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...