The Blue Swords

The Blue Swords

1949 · 99 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, History

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.

Directed by Wolfgang Schleif · Written by Alfred Böttcher

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Hans Quest Johann Böttger
Ilse Steppat Frau von Tschirnhausen
Herbert Hübner Nehmitz
Albert Bessler Finanzminister
Alexander Engel Herr von Tschirnhausen
Willy A. Kleinau August der Starke
Marianne Prenzel Katharina
Paul Wagner König Friedrich I.
Werner Pledath Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg
Klaus Miedel Laskari
Rolf Weih Leutnant Menzel
Johannes Bergfeldt

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