The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection(2021)
movie - first aired/released 2021-11-13 - 52 min - audience 5.3
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Directed by Andrea Oster
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.
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Cast
- Peter WeißSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Virginie SpenléSelf - Art Historian
- Dirk SyndramSelf - Art Historian
- Alexander RöstelSelf - Museum Curator
- Massimo BauciaSelf - Librarian
Sebastian HerrmannCarl Heinrich von Heineken (uncredited)- Robert HerrmannsVon Heineken's Secretary (uncredited)
- ArtouretteVon Heineken's Painter (uncredited)
- Roland HeinzeGiovanni Bianconi (uncredited)
- Sidney PasskönigPotential Buyer (uncredited)
- Jesus Pena LopezJeweler (uncredited)
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