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The King's Prisoner (1935)

A comedy loosely based on the life story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, the inventor of Meissen porcelain: In Berlin, the pharmacist Fritz Böttger gains a reputation for being able to make gold and is imprisoned on the orders of the Prussian king. Following in the footsteps of a young lady, he flees to Saxony, but is also imprisoned in Dresden and forced to make gold. Although he does not succeed in this, by chance he discovers how to make porcelain instead. Augustus the Strong appoints him baron and director of the royal porcelain manufactory.

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Cast List

Paul Kemp

Fritz Böttger

Adele Sandrock

Tante Sophie

Hilde Hildebrand

Fräulein von Mallwitz

Hubert von Meyerinck

Von Beichlingen

Max Gülstorff

Schöller, Finanzsekretär

Hans Schlenck

Leutnant von Paul

Michael Bohnen

König August

Josef Eichheim

Albert Florath

Susi Lanner

Sophie von Archenholtz

Ernst Dumcke

Fürst von Fürstenberg

Oskar Marion

Leutnant Menzel

Hans Junkermann

Kraut, Finanzminister

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