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The Glass Harmonica

The Glass Harmonica

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The Glass Harmonica

1968

0h 21m

6.0(24 votes)

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A craftsman builds a glass harmonica that enlightens him. He travels to a town where the people are obsessed with money. A bureaucrat smashes the glass harmonica which leads to chaos and eventually to social reform.

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Soyuzmultfilm

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Directed by: Andrey Khrzhanovsky
Written by: Gennady Shpalikov
Lazar Lagin

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