The King's Prisoner

Name: The King's Prisoner
Genre: Comedia
Released: 1935-08-12
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Paul Kemp, Adele Sandrock, Hilde Hildebrand, Hubert von Meyerinck, Max Gülstorff

Der Gefangene des Königs

1935 1 h 47 min

Comedy

80%

Audience score1 votes on TMDB

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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.

Director: Carl Boese
Status: Released
Release date: 12/08/1935
Original language: German