---
title: 'Die blauen Schwerter (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Schleif'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/die-blauen-schwerter-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236025/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Die blauen Schwerter (1949)

1949 · 99 min · Drama · German Democratic Republic


## Synopsis

The Blue Swords is a 1949 East German historical drama film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat and Alexander Engel. It sold more than 3,299,432 tickets. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Schleif](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-schleif)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernst Wilhelm Fiedler](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-wilhelm-fiedler)
- **Editor:** [Hermann Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-ludwig)

## Cast

- [Willy A. Kleinau](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-a-kleinau)
- [Robert Taube](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-taube)
- [Walter Schramm](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-schramm)
- [Werner Pledath](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-pledath)
- [Alfred Maack](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-maack)
- [Albert Bessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-bessler)
- [Klaus Miedel](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-miedel)
- [Axel Max Triebel](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-max-triebel)
- [Rolf Weih](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-weih)
- [Siegfried Dornbusch](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-dornbusch)
- [Herbert Hübner](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-hubner)
- [Otto Stoeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-stoeckel)
- [Hans Fiebrandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-fiebrandt)
- [Ilse Steppat](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-steppat)
- [Willi Narloch](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-narloch)

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