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Ludwig

Ludwig1973

★7.4239 minDramaHistory

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.

Director

Luchino Visconti

Writer

Enrico Medioli Luchino Visconti Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Score

Richard Wagner Robert Schumann Jacques Offenbach

Stars

Helmut Berger Romy Schneider Trevor Howard

Cast44

Helmut Berger
as Ludwig
Romy Schneider
as Elisabeth of Austria
Trevor Howard
as Richard Wagner
Silvana Mangano
as Cosima von Bülow
Gert Fröbe
as Father Hoffmann
Helmut Griem
as Dürckheim
I
Izabella Telezynska
as Queen Mother
Umberto Orsini
as Count von Holnstein
John Moulder-Brown
as Prince Otto
Sonia Petrovna
as Sophie
Folker Bohnet
as Joseph Kainz
Heinz Moog
as Professor von Gudden
Adriana Asti
as Lila von Buliowski
Marc Porel
as Richard Hornig
Nora Ricci
as Countess Ida Ferenczy
Mark Burns
as Hans von Bülow
Maurizio Bonuglia
as Mayr
A
Alexander Allerson
as Secretary of State
B
Bert Bloch
as Weber
M
Manfred Fürst
Kurt Großkurth
as Minister of Finance
Anne-Marie Hanschke
as Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Gérard Herter
as Prince Luitpold
I
Ian Linhart
as Maximilian
Carla Mancini
G
Gernot Möhner
as Hesselschwerd
C
Clara Moustawcesky
as Hélène
A
Alain Naya
A
Alessandro Perella
K
Karl-Heinz Peters
as Washinton
W
Wolfram Schaerf
as Crailsheim
Henning Schlüter
as Minister Fistermeister
H
Helmut Stern
E
Eva Axén
as Maria
Louise Vincent
A
Alexander Stephan
as Carlo Teodoro
K
Karl-Heinz Windhorst
as Doctor Müller
Raika Juri
as Matilde
Angelo Casadei
as Priest (uncredited)
H
Hans Elwenspoek
as Doctor Rumpler (uncredited)
K
Karl Menzel
as Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
H
Howard Nelson Rubien
as Ambassador (uncredited)
B
Berno von Cramm
as Torring (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur
as Hofmarschall (uncredited)

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