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The Blue Swords (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.

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Hans Quest

Johann Böttger

Ilse Steppat

Frau von Tschirnhausen

Albert Bessler

Finanzminister

Alexander Engel

Herr von Tschirnhausen

Willy A. Kleinau

August der Starke

Paul Wagner

König Friedrich I.

Werner Pledath

Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg

Rolf Weih

Leutnant Menzel

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