Film

The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection

5.3

0h 52m

2021

Synopsis

Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and goldsmith masterpieces, which he considered a symbol of his greatness, and that of Dresden, one of the European capitals of Baroque art.

Director

Andrea Oster

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

art collectordresden, germanydocudramaroyal courtdiamond theft18th centuryart historybaroquerenaissance paintingabsolutismtreasure huntermoney misappropriation

Cast & Crew

Peter Weiß

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Virginie Spenlé

as Self - Art Historian

Dirk Syndram

as Self - Art Historian

Alexander Röstel

as Self - Museum Curator

Massimo Baucia

as Self - Librarian

Sebastian Herrmann

as Carl Heinrich von Heineken (uncredited)

Robert Herrmanns

as Von Heineken's Secretary (uncredited)

Artourette

as Von Heineken's Painter (uncredited)

Roland Heinze

as Giovanni Bianconi (uncredited)

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