Ludwig

03/07/1973

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3hrs 58min

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Drama

,History

Ludwig. He loved women. He loved men. He lived as controversially as he ruled. But he did not care what the world thought. He was the world.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

Cast

Helmut Berger
Romy Schneider
Trevor Howard
Silvana Mangano
Gert Fröbe

Directors

Luchino Visconti
Giorgio Ferrara
Renata Franceschi

INFORMATION

Production Companies

Cinétel
Mega Film
Divina-Film
Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

Production Countries

Germany
France
Italy
Monaco

LANGUAGES

German
French
Italian
Latin

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

Izabella Telezynska

Queen Mother

Umberto Orsini

Count von Holnstein

John Moulder-Brown

Prince Otto

Sonia Petrovna

Sophie

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