Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
Quick Stats
7.4
TMDB Rating
193
Votes
3h 59m
Runtime
$12.0M
Budget
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Box Office
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Key Crew
DirectorLuchino Visconti
WriterEnrico Medioli
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
ComposerRobert Schumann
EditorRuggero Mastroianni
Production DesignMario Chiari
Produced by
CinételMega FilmDivina-FilmDieter Geissler FilmproduktionTaurus FilmMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast
Helmut Berger
Ludwig
Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria
Trevor Howard
Richard Wagner
Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow
Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann
Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
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Izabella Telezynska
Queen Mother
Umberto Orsini
Count von Holnstein
John Moulder-Brown
Prince Otto
Sonia Petrovna
Sophie
Folker Bohnet
Joseph Kainz
Heinz Moog
Professor von Gudden
Adriana Asti
Lila von Buliowski
Marc Porel
Richard Hornig
Nora Ricci
Countess Ida Ferenczy
