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The Blue Swords
The Blue Swords

The Blue Swords

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

30 December 1949

Country

East Germany

Cast

Hans Quest

Hans Quest

Johann Böttger

Ilse Steppat

Ilse Steppat

Frau von Tschirnhausen

Herbert Hübner

Herbert Hübner

Nehmitz

Albert Bessler

Albert Bessler

Finanzminister

Alexander Engel

Alexander Engel

Herr von Tschirnhausen

Willy A. Kleinau

Willy A. Kleinau

August der Starke

Marianne Prenzel

Marianne Prenzel

Katharina

Paul Wagner

Paul Wagner

König Friedrich I.

Werner Pledath

Werner Pledath

Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg

Klaus Miedel

Klaus Miedel

Laskari

Rolf Weih

Rolf Weih

Leutnant Menzel

Johannes Bergfeldt

Johannes Bergfeldt

Siegfried Dornbusch

Siegfried Dornbusch

Köhler

Hans Emons

Hans Emons

Wildenstein

Hans Fiebrandt

Hans Fiebrandt

Gehilfe von Dünnbrot

Margarete Schön

Margarete Schön

Frau Zorn

Erik von Loewis

Erik von Loewis

Leutnant von Kittwitz

Harry Gillmann

Harry Gillmann

Willy Kaiser-Heyl

Willy Kaiser-Heyl

Wolfgang Kühne

Wolfgang Kühne

Franz Lichtenauer

Franz Lichtenauer

Heinz Lingen

Heinz Lingen

Alfred Maack

Alfred Maack

Peter Marx

Peter Marx

Otto Matthies

Otto Matthies

Willi Narloch

Willi Narloch

Edmund Pouch

Edmund Pouch

Martin Rosen

Martin Rosen

Henning Schlüter

Henning Schlüter

Walter Schramm

Walter Schramm

Werner Segtrop

Werner Segtrop

Kommandant der Bastei

Otto Stoeckel

Otto Stoeckel

Robert Taube

Robert Taube

Friedrich Teitge

Friedrich Teitge

Axel Triebel

Axel Triebel

Nico Turoff

Nico Turoff

Inge van der Straaten

Inge van der Straaten

Walter Weinacht

Walter Weinacht

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