Film · Drama, History
Ludwig (1973)
Ludwig. He loved women. He loved men. He lived as controversially as he ruled. But he did not care what the world thought. He was the world.
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.
- Director
- Luchino Visconti
- Writers
- Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- English
- Release date
- March 7, 1973
Ludwig cast
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
