Der Gefangene des Königs
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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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Edited by Gottlieb MadlShot by Franz KochScored by Wolfgang ZellerDesigned by Max Seefelder
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michael Bohnen
as König August
Paul Kemp
as Fritz Böttger
Josef Eichheim
as Zorn, Apotheker
Albert Florath
as Von Archenholtz
Susi Lanner
as Sophie von Archenholtz
Adele Sandrock
as Tante Sophie
Hans Schlenck
as Leutnant von Paul
Hilde Hildebrand
as Fräulein von Mallwitz
Ernst Dumcke
as Fürst von Fürstenberg
Hubert Von Meyerinck
as Von Beichlingen
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