Der Gefangene des Königs
A comedy loosely based on the life story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, the inventor of Meissen porcelain: In Berlin, the pharmacist Fritz Böttger gains a reputation for being able to make gold and is imprisoned on the orders of the Prussian king. Following in the footsteps of a young lady, he flees to Saxony, but is also imprisoned in Dresden and forced to make gold. Although he does not succeed in this, by chance he discovers how to make porcelain instead. Augustus the Strong appoints him baron and director of the royal porcelain manufactory.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Michael Bohnen
König August
Paul Kemp
Fritz Böttger
Josef Eichheim
Zorn, Apotheker
Albert Florath
Von Archenholtz
Susi Lanner
Sophie von Archenholtz
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Adele Sandrock
Tante Sophie
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Hans Schlenck
Leutnant von Paul
Hilde Hildebrand
Fräulein von Mallwitz
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Ernst Dumcke
Fürst von Fürstenberg
Hubert von Meyerinck
Von Beichlingen
Wolfgang Zeller
Composer
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Franz Koch
Cinematographer