"Life" in the factory

Director makes the story of glass vulnerable

Producer and director Thomas Macho uses the Waldviertel glass village of Nagelberg - consisting of Alt- and Neu-Nagelberg - to document the history of the glass industry in the border region.(Bild: Privatarchiv Gerhard Schindl, ForTV, Krone KREATIV)

The glass industry long shaped the border region of Austria and the Czech Republic. First united, the Iron Curtain then divided the country, which is rich in wood and quartz sand. In Nagelberg in the Waldviertel, director Thomas Macho now tells the story of the former glass town - with its own brewery and "Bierkonen" as its own currency. But read for yourself.

There are many buildings in the Waldviertel that bear witness to the rise and fall of large industries. Rarely, however, is there a community that is still so strongly influenced by this as is the case in Brand-Nagelberg and its glass production.