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      The Glassblower's Children

      1998 1h 46m Drama List
      Reviews 72% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Two children are kidnapped, and robbed of their memories, for a harsh, demanding mistress who wishes he could have her own children. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member This is a very good movie,like it a lot.This Swedish-Norwegian-Danish children's film is an adaptation of the popular 1964 children's book by Maria Gripe, a classic translated into more than 20 languages. Author Gripe refused to allow a film version until she saw Gronos' adaptation of her novel Agnes Cecilia. Set in the 19th Century, the tale has Snow Queen overtones as the spoiled woman of a royal family wants children for the cold corridors of her vast, sterile castle. After her husband kidnaps the glassblower's children, they are turned into amnesiacs and forced to live in the castle, where they are tortured and abused by their tutor, a weird witch. Production design by Jan Olof Agren contrasts the two settings -- the warmth and art of the glassblower's realistic world as opposed to the heightened sense of dread lurking throughout the mythical and stylized castle. Shown at the 1998 Gothenburg Film Festival. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member amazing:D<3 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. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member A dark fary-tale, I did not see the hole thing until just a few years ago, because it really scared me. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Way too childish for my taste. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Oh no, not my kind of movie. But I did see all of it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member så trogen Gripes magi som något kan bli. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Two children are kidnapped, and robbed of their memories, for a harsh, demanding mistress who wishes he could have her own children.
      Director
      Anders Grönros
      Screenwriter
      Maria Gripe
      Production Co
      Nordic Screen Production AS, Svenska Filminstitutet, TV 1000, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Eurimages, Zentropa Entertainments
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Swedish
      Runtime
      1h 46m