The Blue Swords
1949 · 99 min
Drama · History
★ 7.0The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with everything he would need for the task, but he has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain—white porcelain, as the Chinese are said to possess. In 1709, he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," the first white porcelain made in Europe, he hopes for freedom.
Crew
- Director Wolfgang Schleif
- Writer Alfred Böttcher
Cast
Hans Quest
Johann Böttger
Ilse Steppat
Frau von Tschirnhausen
Herbert Hübner
Nehmitz
- A
Albert Bessler
Finanzminister
Alexander Engel
Herr von Tschirnhausen
Willy A. Kleinau
August der Starke
- M
Marianne Prenzel
Katharina
- P
Paul Wagner
König Friedrich I.
Werner Pledath
Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg
- K
Klaus Miedel
Laskari
- R
Rolf Weih
Leutnant Menzel
- J
Johannes Bergfeldt
Crew
- Director — Wolfgang Schleif
- Writer — Alfred Böttcher
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