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
Theodor Loos | Gerhard Bienert | Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Hubert von Meyerinck | Maximilian Schreck | Ferdinand von Alten | William Dieterle | Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein | Josef Reithofer | Arthur Duarte | Michael von Newlinsky | Eugen Burg | Rina Marsa | Friedrich Ettel | Trude von Molo | Georg Guertler | Paul Günther | Franz Neuner | Harro Helwig | Maria Markstein | Johanna Klemperer