The Blue Swords
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Directed by Wolfgang Schleif
The story
The 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.
Cast & crew
Hans QuestJohann Böttger
Ilse SteppatFrau von Tschirnhausen
Herbert HübnerNehmitzAlbert Bessler
Albert BesslerFinanzminister
Alexander EngelHerr von Tschirnhausen
Willy A. KleinauAugust der StarkeMarianne Prenzel
Marianne PrenzelKatharinaPaul Wagner
Paul WagnerKönig Friedrich I.
Werner PledathKreisamtmann von WittenbergKlaus Miedel
Klaus MiedelLaskariRolf Weih
Rolf WeihLeutnant MenzelExplore the crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Schleif
- Editor
- Hermann Ludwig
- Writer
- Alfred Böttcher