Movielogr
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1930)
Directed by William Dieterle
Overview
In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…
Length 117 minutes
Actors
William Dieterle | Theodor Loos | Hubert von Meyerinck | Eugen Burg | Ferdinand von Alten | Gerhard Bienert | Friedrich Ettel | Franz Neuner | Georg Guertler | Josef Reithofer | Michael von Newlinsky | Harro Helwig | Arthur Duarte | Paul Günther | Maximilian Schreck | Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein | Trude von Molo | Rina Marsa | Maria Markstein | Johanna Klemperer