The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection (2021)

The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection

2021

Documentary History TV Movie

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.

Credits

Director

Andrea Oster

Cast

Alexander Röstel as Self - Museum Curator

Artourette as Von Heineken's Painter (uncredited)

Dirk Syndram as Self - Art Historian

Massimo Baucia as Self - Librarian

Peter Weiß as Self - Narrator (voice)

Robert Herrmanns as Von Heineken's Secretary (uncredited)

Roland Heinze as Giovanni Bianconi (uncredited)

Sebastian Herrmann as Carl Heinrich von Heineken (uncredited)