The King's Prisoner

8.0(1)19351h 47m1

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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Released
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Language
German

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Director

Carl Boese

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Germany

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  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical12 Aug 1935

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The King's Prisoner was released on 12 August 1935.

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