The Blue Swords
Die blauen Schwerter
Release: 1949-12-30
·Runtime: 99m
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA
Cast
Herbert Hübner
as Nehmitz
Alexander Engel
as Herr von Tschirnhausen
Albert Bessler
as Finanzminister
Henning Schlüter
Hans Quest
as Johann Böttger
Margarete Schön
as Frau Zorn
Alfred Maack
Nico Turoff
Willy A. Kleinau
as August der Starke
Werner Pledath
as Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg
Hans Fiebrandt
as Gehilfe von Dünnbrot
Peter Marx
Ilse Steppat
as Frau von Tschirnhausen
Rolf Weih
as Leutnant Menzel
Erik von Loewis
as Leutnant von Kittwitz
