Ludwig II

Ludwig II was released on September 30, 1955.

Ludwig II was directed by Helmut Käutner.

Ludwig II has a runtime of 1h 55m.

Ludwig II was produced by Wolfgang Reinhardt, Conrad von Molo.

King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so expensive, his cabinet ends up resorting to formally challenging his mental health, plausible as his beloved brother Otto contracted schizophrenia earlier. Tragedy now lurks in Ludwig's prison-castle.

The key characters in Ludwig II are Ludwig II (O.W. Fischer), Empress Elisabeth von Österreich (Ruth Leuwerik), Princess Sophie (Marianne Koch).

Ludwig II is a Biography, History, Drama film.

Ludwig II has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.