The King's Prisoner
Also known as King's Prisoner
1935 film by Carl Boese
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8.0A 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.
Released: 1935-08-12107 minDir: Carl BoeseComedy
Cast
- Paul Kemp as Fritz Böttger
- Adele Sandrock as Tante Sophie
- Hilde Hildebrand as Fräulein von Mallwitz
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Von Beichlingen
- Max Gülstorff as Schöller, Finanzsekretär
- Hans Schlenck as Leutnant von Paul
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1930s Georgia (U.S. state) elections1930s historical comedy films1935 films1935 German films1935 German-language filmsBavaria Film filmsFilms directed by Carl BoeseFilms of Nazi GermanyFilms scored by Wolfgang ZellerFilms set in the 18th centuryFilms shot at Bavaria StudiosGerman black-and-white films