The Blue Swords
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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.
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Edited by Hermann LudwigShot by E W FiedlerScored by Walter SieberDesigned by Karl Schneider
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17 unique people credited
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Hans Quest
as Johann Böttger
Ilse Steppat
as Frau von Tschirnhausen
Alexander Engel
as Herr von Tschirnhausen
Herbert Hubner
as Nehmitz
Willy A Kleinau
as August der Starke
Marianne Prenzel
as Katharina
Paul Wagner
as König Friedrich I.
Wolfgang Kuhne
as Dr. Bartolomäi
Werner Pledath
as Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg
Klaus Miedel
as Laskari
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