The King's Prisoner (1935)

8.0/10 107 min Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Paul Kemp

Fritz Böttger

Adele Sandrock

Tante Sophie

Hilde Hildebrand

Fräulein von Mallwitz

Hubert von Meyerinck

Von Beichlingen

Max Gülstorff

Schöller, Finanzsekretär

Josef Eichheim

Albert Florath

Oskar Marion

Leutnant Menzel

Hans Junkermann

Kraut, Finanzminister

Gertrud Wolle

Frau Schöller

Fritz Odemar

Jomelli

Will Dohm

Knüppel

O.E. Hasse

Von Zilchow

Beppo Brem

Spitzer

Willy Rösner

Kumpan

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