Ludwig

Directed by Luchino Visconti
1973    3h 58m    R
Drama, History, Biography
7.533%89%
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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.
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Cast of Ludwig
  • Helmut BergerLudwig
  • Romy SchneiderElisabeth of Austria
  • Trevor HowardRichard Wagner
  • Silvana ManganoCosima von Bülow
  • Gert FröbeFather Hoffmann
  • Helmut GriemDürckheim
  • Izabella TelezynskaQueen Mother
  • Umberto OrsiniCount von Holnstein
  • John Moulder-BrownPrince Otto
  • Sonia PetrovnaSophie
  • Folker BohnetJoseph Kainz
  • Heinz MoogProfessor von Gudden
  • Adriana AstiLila von Buliowski
  • Marc PorelRichard Hornig
  • Nora RicciCountess Ida Ferenczy
  • Mark BurnsHans von Bülow
  • Maurizio BonugliaMayr
  • Alexander AllersonSecretary of State
  • Bert BlochWeber
  • Manfred Fürst
  • Kurt GroßkurthMinister of Finance
  • Anne-Marie HanschkePrincess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
  • Gérard HerterPrince Luitpold
  • Ian LinhartMaximilian
  • Carla Mancini
  • Gernot MöhnerHesselschwerd
  • Clara MoustawceskyHélène
  • Alain Naya
  • Alessandro Perella
  • Karl-Heinz PetersWashinton
  • Wolfram SchaerfCrailsheim
  • Henning SchlüterMinister Fistermeister
  • Helmut Stern
  • Eva AxénMaria
  • Louise Vincent
  • Gunnar WarnerCarlo Teodoro
  • Karl-Heinz WindhorstDoctor Müller
  • Raika JuriMatilde
  • Angelo CasadeiPriest (uncredited)
  • Hans ElwenspoekDoctor Rumpler (uncredited)
  • Karl MenzelStableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
  • Howard Nelson RubienAmbassador (uncredited)
  • Berno von CrammTorring (uncredited)
  • Friedrich von LedeburHofmarschall (uncredited)
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