这是一部末世纪寓言故事,晦涩但富有视觉表现力。 故事描述一个以玻璃制造为生的村镇,玻璃厂的工头死了,也带走了生产红宝石玻璃的秘方。工厂主想尽一切办法试图找回配方,却徒劳无功。 预言家海斯预测的坏事都变成现实,在村民中引起恐慌。海斯还预言玻璃工厂将被烧毁,人们相互仇视残杀,战火在世界各地燃起。后来预言果真应验,工厂主在绝望之中烧了工厂,人们的忍耐也到达了极限.... 影片的结尾,在世界边缘的一个小岛上,一些人为了探索世界的真相,驾着小船开始了新的冒险之旅....A small village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.