Glass (1958)

Name: Glass
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1958-06-27

10m

Running Time

Plot.

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…

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Cast & Crew.

Bert Haanstra

Director / Writer / Editor / Producer

Wim van der Velde

Assistant Director

Eduard van der Enden

Cinematography

Ralph Sheldon

Editor

George K. Arthur

Producer

Pim Jacobs

Music

Media.

Details.

Release Date
June 27, 1958

Original Name
Glas

Status
Released

Running Time
10m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

short

glass blowing

poetic documentary

Wiki.

Glass (Dutch: Glas) is a 1958 Dutch short documentary film by director and producer Bert Haanstra. The film won the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject in 1959. The film is about the glass industry in the Netherlands. It contrasts the handmade crystal from the Royal Leerdam Glass Factory with automated bottle making machines. Short segments of artisans making various glass goods by hand are joined with those of mass production. It is often acclaimed to be the perfect short documentary.