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The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection

5.3 2021 52m
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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.

Directed by Andrea Oster

VISUAL ARCHIVE

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CAST

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Peter WeißSelf - Narrator (voice)
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Virginie SpenléSelf - Art Historian
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Dirk SyndramSelf - Art Historian
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Alexander RöstelSelf - Museum Curator
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Massimo BauciaSelf - Librarian
Sebastian Herrmann
Sebastian HerrmannCarl Heinrich von Heineken (uncredited)
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Robert HerrmannsVon Heineken's Secretary (uncredited)
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ArtouretteVon Heineken's Painter (uncredited)
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