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The Glass Harmonica

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1968-01-01

Runtime: 21 mins

Director: Andrey Khrzhanovsky

Writer: Gennady Shpalikov

Spoken language: No Language

Genres: Animation

Original title: The Glass Harmonica

Production Companies: Soyuzmultfilm

Production Countries: Soviet Union

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