Movielogr
Ludwig (1973)
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 238 minutes
Actors
Helmut Berger | Romy Schneider | Trevor Howard | Silvana Mangano | Gert Fröbe | Helmut Griem | Izabella Telezynska | Umberto Orsini | John Moulder-Brown | Sonia Petrovna | Folker Bohnet | Heinz Moog | Adriana Asti | Marc Porel | Nora Ricci | Mark Burns | Maurizio Bonuglia | Alexander Allerson | Bert Bloch | Manfred Fürst | Kurt Großkurth | Anne-Marie Hanschke | Gérard Herter | Ian Linhart | Carla Mancini | Gernot Möhner | Clara Moustawcesky | Alain Naya | Alessandro Perella | Karl-Heinz Peters | Wolfram Schaerf | Henning Schlüter | Helmut Stern | Eva Axén | Louise Vincent | Alexander Stephan | Karl-Heinz Windhorst | Raika Juri | Angelo Casadei | Hans Elwenspoek | Karl Menzel | Howard Nelson Rubien | Berno von Cramm | Friedrich von Ledebur