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Ludwig

1973·239'

Luchino Visconti

DramaHistory

★ 7.4

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.

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Cast

Helmut Berger Helmut Berger Ludwig
Romy Schneider Romy Schneider Elisabeth of Austria
Trevor Howard Trevor Howard Richard Wagner
Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano Cosima von Bülow
Gert Fröbe Gert Fröbe Father Hoffmann
Helmut Griem Helmut Griem Dürckheim
Izabella Telezynska Queen Mother
Umberto Orsini Umberto Orsini Count von Holnstein
John Moulder-Brown John Moulder-Brown Prince Otto
Sonia Petrovna Sonia Petrovna Sophie
Folker Bohnet Folker Bohnet Joseph Kainz
Heinz Moog Heinz Moog Professor von Gudden

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