The film was written by Herzog, based partly on a story by Herbert Achternbusch. The setting is an 18th century Bavarian town with a glassblowing factory which produces a brilliant red ruby glass. When the master glass blower dies, the secret to producing the ruby glass is lost. The factory owner is obsessed with the ruby glass and believes it to have magical properties. Several of the characters appear to be "mad" , either mentally or emotionally. One Young woman is shown in various situations indicating that she is not of sound mind, stripping her clothes off and turning in a daze ,in a state of mental unconsciousness. The owner's father , an elderly man who is shown wearing clothing befitting an aristocrat, yet he babbles and laughs uncontrollably , all the while refusing to walk. The overall perspective of Heart of Glass reflects Herzog's grim vision of hopelessness. Man's efforts to understand the universe and build a humane civilisation are doomed to failure in the face of his own depravity and the incomprehensibly vastness of great nature . Our so-called civilisation has tried to tame nature , but it is based on reductionist mechanism and increasingly drives us further away from any chance of harmony within it.
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