The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection

52m

Documentary History TV Movie

5.3

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.

Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Virginie Spenlé

Self - Art Historian

Self - Art Historian

Alexander Röstel

Self - Museum Curator

Self - Librarian

Sebastian Herrmann

Carl Heinrich von Heineken (uncredited)

Robert Herrmanns

Von Heineken's Secretary (uncredited)

Von Heineken's Painter (uncredited)

Giovanni Bianconi (uncredited)

Sidney Passkönig

Potential Buyer (uncredited)

Jesus Pena Lopez

Jeweler (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Writer

Sebastian Scholz

Thomas Beckmann

Director of Photography

Ulrich Brochhagen

Commissioning Editor

Commissioning Editor

Volker Schmidt-Sondermann

Assistant Camera, Sound

Costume Designer

Nadine Tschöpe

Falko Hackebeil

Ralf Heiner Heinke

Katja Aischmann

Production Manager

Production Manager

Graphic Designer