The Blue Swords (1949)
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.
Director: Wolfgang Schleif
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Hans Quest as Johann Böttger |
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Ilse Steppat as Frau von Tschirnhausen |
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Herbert Hübner as Nehmitz |
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Albert Bessler as Finanzminister |
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Alexander Engel as Herr von Tschirnhausen |
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Willy A. Kleinau as August der Starke |
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Marianne Prenzel as Katharina |
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Paul Wagner as König Friedrich I. |
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Werner Pledath as Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg |
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Klaus Miedel as Laskari |
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Rolf Weih as Leutnant Menzel |
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Johannes Bergfeldt as |
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Siegfried Dornbusch as Köhler |
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Hans Emons as Wildenstein |
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Hans Fiebrandt as Gehilfe von Dünnbrot |
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Margarete Schön as Frau Zorn |
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Erik von Loewis as Leutnant von Kittwitz |
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Harry Gillmann as |
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Willy Kaiser-Heyl as |
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Wolfgang Kühne as |
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Franz Lichtenauer as |
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Heinz Lingen as |
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Alfred Maack as |
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Peter Marx as |
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Otto Matthies as |
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Willi Narloch as |
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Edmund Pouch as |
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Martin Rosen as |
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Henning Schlüter as |
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Walter Schramm as |
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Werner Segtrop as Kommandant der Bastei |
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Otto Stoeckel as |
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Robert Taube as |
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Friedrich Teitge as |
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Axel Triebel as |
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Nico Turoff as |
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Inge van der Straaten as |
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Walter Weinacht as |
| Directing | Wolfgang Schleif | Director |
| Sound | Walter Sieber | Music |
| Writing | Alfred Böttcher | Writer |
| Crew | Ernst W. Fiedler | Cinematography |
| Editing | Hermann Ludwig | Editor |