The King's Prisoner

Name: The King's Prisoner
Cast: Paul Kemp, Adele Sandrock, Hilde Hildebrand, Hubert von Meyerinck, Max Gülstorff

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Carl Boese

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

Michael Bohnen

as König August

Josef Eichheim

as Albert Florath

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