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The Glass-Blower's Children (1998)

The Glass-Blower's Children (1998)

Drama Family
Release Date: 1998, February 27
Directors: Anders Grönros
Countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Production: 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
Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Pernilla August, Ewa Fröling, Margreth Weivers, Thommy Berggren, Johan Ulveson, Helge Jordal, Måns Westfelt, Elin Klinga, Lena Granhagen, Jasmine Heikura, Oliver P. Peldius

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...

Keywords:

19th century child kidnapping glass blowing