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Film / 1972
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Directed by
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
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Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Cast
Harry BaerLudwig II
Ingrid CavenLola Montez
Peter KernLakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
Monica BleibtreuElisabeth Ney
Gert HauckeBaron Freyschlag
Günther KaufmannGraf Holnstein
Hanna KöhlerSissi
Ursula SträtzMme Bulyowski
Gerhard MaerzRichard Wagner #1
Anette TirierRichard Wagner #2
Peter MolandMinissterpräsident Lutz
Rudolf Waldemar BremProfessor Gudden
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Daniel SchmidAussenminister von der Pfordten
Johannes BuzalskiEmmanuel Geibel / Hitler
Kurt JungmannPrinz Ludwig
Sigi GraueOtto
Oskar von SchabLudwig I / Karl May
Wolfram KunkelHesselschwert
Wolfgang HaasAlfons Weber
Eberhard SchubertHoffotograf Albert / Journalist
Stefan AbendrothKronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Peter PrzygoddaBismarck
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