The Blue Swords
1949, German. Directed by Wolfgang Schleif.
The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice and alchemist’s assistant. Fleeing from the Prussian King, he goes to Saxony, where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold. Böttger is equipped with everything he would need for the task, but he has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelain—white porcelain, as the Chinese are said to possess. In 1709, he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the "white gold," the first white porcelain made in Europe, he hopes for freedom.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Wolfgang SchleifDirector
- Hans QuestJohann Böttger
- Ilse SteppatFrau von Tschirnhausen
- Herbert HübnerNehmitz
- Albert BesslerFinanzminister
- Alexander EngelHerr von Tschirnhausen
- Willy A. KleinauAugust der Starke
- Marianne PrenzelKatharina
- Paul WagnerKönig Friedrich I.
- Werner PledathKreisamtmann von Wittenberg
- Klaus MiedelLaskari
- Rolf WeihLeutnant Menzel
- Johannes BergfeldtCast
Details
- Released
- 30 December 1949
- Original title
- Die blauen Schwerter
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Alfred Böttcher
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The Blue Swords runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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The Blue Swords isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 December 1949. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Blue Swords?
The Blue Swords (1949) was directed by Wolfgang Schleif and stars Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat, Herbert Hübner.