The Blue Swords

The Blue Swords

Die blauen Schwerter
🎞️ Movie 99 min DE
โ˜… 6.9 /10 1949

A biography of Johann Friedrich Böttger, who in 1709 invented the first white porcelain in Europe. The apprentice apothecary and assistant to a 'gold producer' fled from the Prussian King - into Saxony. But there he finds King Frederick August the Strong after him: the young man is told to produce gold for the king, and is thus brought to a fortress and equipped with everything he would need for the task. Naturally, Böttger has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain; it should be as white as it is in China, he figures. Once he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the 'white gold,' he vainly hopes for freedom... a tragic error.

Cast

Hans Quest
Hans Quest
Johann Böttger
Ilse Steppat
Ilse Steppat
Frau von Tschirnhausen
Alexander Engel
Alexander Engel
Herr von Tschirnhausen
Herbert Hübner
Herbert Hübner
Nehmitz
Willy A. Kleinau
Willy A. Kleinau
August der Starke
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Marianne Prenzel
Katharina
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Paul Wagner
König Friedrich I.
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Wolfgang Kühne
Dr. Bartolomäi
Werner Pledath
Werner Pledath
Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg
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Klaus Miedel
Laskari
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Walter Sieber
Composer
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E.W. Fiedler
Cinematographer