Ludwig
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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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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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Ludwig
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.
- Directors
- Luchino Visconti
- Producers
- Ugo Santalucia
- Cast and Characters
- Helmut Berger (Ludwig), Romy Schneider (Elisabeth of Austria), Trevor Howard (Richard Wagner), Silvana Mangano (Cosima von Bülow), Gert Fröbe (Father Hoffmann), Helmut Griem (Dürckheim), Izabella Telezynska (Queen Mother), Umberto Orsini (Count von Holnstein)
- Languages
- Italian, German, French, Latin, English