The Glassworker

Jul 26, 2024

1h 38m

★ 6.9

A love that could not be broken.

Overview

A young glassworker-in-training living with his pacifist father finds his apprenticeship upended by an impending war and the arrival of an army colonel to their seaside town.

Genres

Animation

Family

Romance

War

Production Companies

Mano Animation Studios

The Glassworker Trailers

Cast

Vincent Oliver (voice)

Mooroo

Alliz Amano (voice)

Mariam Riaz Paracha

Tomas Oliver (voice)

Khaled Anam

Colonel Amano (voice)

Ameed Riaz

Young Vincent (voice)

Mahum Moazzam

Professor Ansari (voice)

Khalifa Sajeeruddin

Malik Khan (voice)

Dino Ali

Principal Bhatti (voice)

Usman Riaz

Nadia Amano (voice)

Faiza Kazi

Penni (voice)

Aysha Sheikh

Mrs. Popalzai (voice)

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