Die Unzerbrechlichen

film music by Ari Benjamin Meyers // performed by Redux Orchestra


a film by Dominik Wessely // documentary, Ger. 2006, 93 Minutes, Color //
Festival Premiere: International Filmfest Munich 2006 //
German Release: January 18, 2007 //
Prizes: Documentary Film Prize of the Goethe Institute, Duisburger Filmwoche 2006 //
Berndt Media Prize, 17th Kinofest Lünen 2006 //
suggested for nomination for the German Film Prize in the category "Best Documentary Film"


See the trailer here...


The Kristallglasmanufaktur Theresienthal, a producer of fine glassware, had been an integral part of Max Hannes‘s life for 39 years. In April 2001, the glassworks was forced to file for bankruptcy – one of 40,000 company to fold in Germany in that year. For the people of Theresienthal, it meant the end of a centuries-old tradition of glass-making.
THE UNBREAKABLES accompanies Max Hannes, Christoph Glaser, Mirjam Storim, and the glass-makers of Theresienthal over a period of three years in their struggle to save one of Germany’s oldest companies. A story of salvation that inspires hope – for only after the glass-makers of Theresienthal had lost everything were they able to make the future happen.


...A wonder! Stays with you longer than a summer's fairy tale...
Süddeutsche Zeitung

...This success story goes against every cliché of Germany's current economic situation.
Frankfurter Rundschau

...A great, moving story...
epd-Film

Die Unzerbrechlichen - excerpt 2

Die Unzerbrechlichen - excerpt 3