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The Blue Swords

The Blue Swords (German: Die blauen Schwerter) is a 1949 East German historical drama film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat and Alexander Engel.[1] It sold more than 3,299,432 tickets.[2] The film portrays the life of Johann Friedrich Böttger. The title refers to the symbol of Meissen, a pair of crossed swords. Böttger's story had previously been turned into a 1935 film The King's Prisoner, released during the Nazi era.

The Blue Swords
Directed byWolfgang Schleif
Written byAlfred Böttcher
Starring
CinematographyE.W. Fiedler
Edited byHermann Ludwig
Music byWalter Sieber
Production
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Distributed byProgress Film
Release date
  • 30 December 1949 (1949-12-30)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

The sets were designed by the art directors Karl Schneider and Erich Zander. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in East Berlin.

Synopsis

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Johann Böttger, an alchemist of the early eighteenth century, is held prisoner by the Elector of Saxony who wants him to discover the secret of gold production. Failing to accomplish this, which he knows to be impossible, Böttger instead works to develop porcelain.

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References

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  1. ^ Allan & Heiduschke p. 114
  2. ^ List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.

Bibliography

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  • Séan Allan & Sebastian Heiduschke. Re-Imagining DEFA: East German Cinema in its National and Transnational Contexts. Berghahn Books, 2016.
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