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Heart of Glass

1976 · 94 min · Director: Werner Herzog ★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,454 ratings

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A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.

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Heart of Glass (1976) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Confusion 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Confusion, Disturbing. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Confusion and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Disturbing
  • Melancholy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Awe

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Disturbing
Melancholy
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingMelancholyTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Disturbing67 %53 %20 %52 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Awe63 %44 %19 %46 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension60 %43 %23 %48 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
22.5 %≈ 21′Melancholy55 %30 %47 %37 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity58 %39 %44 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Disturbing67 %57 %45 %54 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity69 %63 %40 %56 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing64 %54 %38 %50 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Melancholy56 %40 %39 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity55 %38 %33 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Disturbing63 %49 %36 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Melancholy72 %58 %53 %65 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
72.5 %≈ 68′Disturbing69 %65 %48 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Disturbing75 %69 %48 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension77 %61 %53 %68 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Melancholy73 %48 %61 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Melancholy70 %43 %65 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

JB
Josef Bierbichler

SG
Stefan Güttler

CS
Clemens Scheitz

SS
Sonja Skiba

VP
Volker Prechtel

BK
Brunhilde Klöckner

WA
Wolf Albrecht

TB
Thomas Binkley

JF
Janos Fischer

WF
Wilhelm Friedrich

EG
Edith Gratz

AH
Alois Hruschka

EH
Egmont Hugel

SJ
Sterling Jones

WK
Wolfram Kunkel

WL
Werner Lederle

RL
Richard Levitt

SM
Sepp Müller

AN
Agnes Nuissl

Av
Andrea von Ramm

Details

Directed by
Werner Herzog
Written by
Werner Herzog, Herbert Achternbusch, Herbert Achternbusch
Type
Movies
Released
1976
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,454 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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