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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Tagline: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.
Rate:PG
Year: 1973
Duration: 238 Min
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Language:en
Director:Luchino Visconti
Cast:Adriana Asti, Alain Naya, Alessandro Perella, Alexander Allerson, Alexander Stephan, Angelo Casadei, Anne-Marie Hanschke, Berno von Cramm, Bert Bloch, Carla Mancini, Clara Moustawcesky, Eva Axén, Folker Bohnet, Friedrich von Ledebur, Gérard Herter, Gernot Möhner, Gert Fröbe, Hans Elwenspoek, Heinz Moog, Helmut Berger, Helmut Griem, Helmut Stern, Henning Schlüter, Howard Nelson Rubien, Ian Linhart, Izabella Telezynska, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Menzel, Karl-Heinz Peters, Karl-Heinz Windhorst, Kurt Großkurth, Louise Vincent, Manfred Fürst, Marc Porel, Mark Burns, Maurizio Bonuglia, Nora Ricci, Raika Juri, Romy Schneider, Silvana Mangano, Sonia Petrovna, Trevor Howard, Umberto Orsini, Wolfram Schaerf