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Film Glass Room was based on Simon Mawer's international bestseller of the same name, which has been translated into dozens of languages. It took almost ten years to realise from the first idea. Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are the main protagonists of the film, which tells a story about love, friendship and major life decisions. Two women who are united by a lifelong relationship and one extraordinary house, built by architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Viktor in the fictional story of the film.
Villa Tugendhat
Villa Tugendhat is the only Czech monument of modern architecture inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The villa of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat was built in 1929-1930 according to the design of the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. For the first time in the history of Czechoslovak architecture, a steel structure based on columns with the plan of a cross was used in a private house. Rare materials are used in the interiors and the technical background of the house is quite exceptional. In 2010-2012 the villa underwent a complete conservation restoration.
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The filmmakers had to lay new, identical coloured lino on the floor of the Glass Room of the villa to avoid damaging the original, and false partitions were also built. Even so, the entire crew had to wear leg warmers throughout the shoot, each crew member was marked with tape, and the entire property was guarded by security. Of course, one was not allowed to eat or drink in the villa, and one had to move around with the utmost caution. Leaning against the walls was forbidden! The original furniture of Villa Tugendhat was partly used for the filming of the scenes from the 1930s. For the scenes from the war and the 1960s, furniture appropriate to the time period was brought in.
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