The Blue Swords (1949)

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Country: East Germany
Genres: Drama
Release: 1949-12-30
Director: Wolfgang Schleif
Writers: Alfred Böttcher
Language: German
Stars: Hans Quest , Ilse Steppat , Alexander Engel , Herbert Hübner , Willy A. Kleinau , Marianne Prenzel , Paul Wagner , Werner Pledath , Klaus Miedel , Rolf Weih
Runtime: 99 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Błękitne miecze (Poland) , The Blue Swords (United States of America) , Die blauen Schwerter , Голубые мечи , Die blauen Schwerter (Austria) , Die blauen Schwerter
Plot: A biography of Johann Friedrich Böttger, who in 1709 invented the first white porcelain in Europe. The apprentice apothecary and assistant to a "gold producer" fled from the Prussian King - into Saxony. But there he finds King Frederick August the Strong after him: the young man is told to produce gold for the king, and is thus brought to a fortress and equipped with everything he would need for the task. Naturally, Böttger has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain; it should be as white as it is in China, he figures. Once he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," he vainly hopes for freedom... a tragic error.
IMDB:tt0236025