The Blue Swords

The Blue Swords — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 30, 1949
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Wolfgang Schleif

The Blue Swords — Cast

Hans Quest Johann Böttger Ilse Steppat Frau von Tschirnhausen Herbert Hübner Nehmitz

A

Albert Bessler Finanzminister Alexander Engel Herr von Tschirnhausen Willy A. Kleinau August der Starke

M

Marianne Prenzel Katharina

P

Paul Wagner König Friedrich I.