

Overview
The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger, an apothecaryâs apprentice and alchemistâs 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 porcelainâwhite 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.
Top Cast

Hans Quest
Johann Böttger

Ilse Steppat
Frau von Tschirnhausen

Herbert HĂŒbner
Nehmitz

Albert Bessler
Finanzminister

Alexander Engel
Herr von Tschirnhausen

Willy A. Kleinau
August der Starke
Marianne Prenzel
Katharina
Paul Wagner
König Friedrich I.

Werner Pledath
Kreisamtmann von Wittenberg
Klaus Miedel
Laskari
Rolf Weih
Leutnant Menzel
Johannes Bergfeldt
Key Film Crew
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