Release Date

12 Aug, 1935

Runtime

01:47: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Der Gefangene des Königs

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Actors

Paul Kemp

Adele Sandrock

Hilde Hildebrand

Hubert von Meyerinck

Max Gülstorff

Hans Schlenck

Michael Bohnen

Josef Eichheim

Susi Lanner

Ernst Dumcke

Oskar Marion

Hans Junkermann

Antonie Jaeckel

Gertrud Wolle

Fritz Odemar

Will Dohm

O.E. Hasse

Walter Holten

Beppo Brem

Willy Rösner

Erich Ponto

Crew