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Film / 1973
Ludwig
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
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.
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
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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
Kurt GroßkurthMinister of Finance
Anne-Marie HanschkePrincess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Gérard HerterPrince Luitpold
Ian LinhartMaximilian
Carla Mancini
Gernot MöhnerHesselschwerd
Clara MoustawceskyHélène
Alain Naya
Alessandro Perella
Karl-Heinz PetersWashinton
Wolfram SchaerfCrailsheim
Henning SchlüterMinister Fistermeister
Helmut Stern
Eva AxénMaria
Louise Vincent
Alexander StephanCarlo Teodoro
Karl-Heinz WindhorstDoctor Müller
Raika JuriMatilde
Angelo CasadeiPriest (uncredited)
Hans ElwenspoekDoctor Rumpler (uncredited)
Karl MenzelStableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
Howard Nelson RubienAmbassador (uncredited)
Berno von CrammTorring (uncredited)
Friedrich von LedeburHofmarschall (uncredited)
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