Film
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
2021Directed by Andrea Oster
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- Released
- Runtime
- 52m
About The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
- 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.
- Director
- Andrea Oster
- Writer
- Andrea Oster
- Original title
- Das Gold der Sachsen – Wie Agenten die Schatzkammer des Königs füllten
