Ludwig
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.
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
7.4 184
DramaHistory
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 Berger
Ludwig

Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria

Trevor Howard
Richard Wagner

Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow

Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann

Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
I
Izabella Telezynska
Queen Mother

Umberto Orsini
Count von Holnstein

John Moulder-Brown
Prince Otto

Sonia Petrovna
Sophie

Folker Bohnet
Joseph Kainz

Heinz Moog
Professor von Gudden

Adriana Asti
Lila von Buliowski

Marc Porel
Richard Hornig

Nora Ricci
Countess Ida Ferenczy

Mark Burns
Hans von Bülow

Maurizio Bonuglia
Mayr
A
Alexander Allerson
Secretary of State
B
Bert Bloch
Weber
M
Manfred Fürst

Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance

Anne-Marie Hanschke
Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother

Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
I
Ian Linhart
Maximilian

Carla Mancini
G
Gernot Möhner
Hesselschwerd
C
Clara Moustawcesky
Hélène
A
Alain Naya
A
Alessandro Perella
K
Karl-Heinz Peters
Washinton
W
Wolfram Schaerf
Crailsheim

Henning Schlüter
Minister Fistermeister
H
Helmut Stern
E
Eva Axén
Maria

Louise Vincent
A
Alexander Stephan
Carlo Teodoro
K
Karl-Heinz Windhorst
Doctor Müller

Raika Juri
Matilde

Angelo Casadei
Priest (uncredited)
H
Hans Elwenspoek
Doctor Rumpler (uncredited)
K
Karl Menzel
Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
H
Howard Nelson Rubien
Ambassador (uncredited)
B
Berno von Cramm
Torring (uncredited)

Friedrich von Ledebur
Hofmarschall (uncredited)
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