The Blue Swords (1949)

ALL 12/30/1949 (de) Drama, History 99 Min
  • Release
    12/30/1949
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Die blauen Schwerter
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Wolfgang Schleif

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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The Blue Swords (1949) 99 Min

ALL 12/30/1949 (de)
Drama, History
  • Release 12/30/1949
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Original title Die blauen Schwerter
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Wolfgang Schleif

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Hermann Ludwig

    Editor

  4. Producer