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The Glass-Blower's Children (1998) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 27, 1998

Original Title:
Glasblåsarns barn

Alternate Titles:
Els Fills del Bufador de Vidre
Glasblåsarns barn
Glasblæserens børn
Los hijos del soplador de vidrio

Genres:
Drama | Family

Production Companies:
Audiovisuellt Produksjonsfond
Birkeland Film Company
Eurimages
Mutter Media
Nordic Screen Production AS
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Orrefors
Sonet Film AB
Spice
Svenska Filminstitutet
TV 1000 Sverige
Zentropa Entertainments

Production Countries:
Denmark | Norway | Sweden

Ratings / Certifications:
SE: 7 

Runtime: 110

Overview from TheMovieDB

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...

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Production

Assistant Director:
Mikael Lundberg

Casting:
Olle Westholm

Costume Design:
Lotta Petersson

Director:
Anders Grönros

Director of Photography:
Philip Øgaard

Editor:
Anders Grönros
Leon Flamholc
Thomas Holéwa
Carina Hellberg

Makeup Artist:
Jessica Svensson

Novel:
Maria Gripe

Original Music Composer:
Johan Söderqvist

Producer:
Anders Birkeland

Production Design:
Jan Olof Ågren

Screenplay:
Anders Grönros

Sound:
Eddie Axberg
Thomas Holéwa

Sound Editor:
Lasse Ulander
Fredrik Jonsäter
Lasse Liljeholm

Sound Mixer:
Berndt Frithiof

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