Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König
Release: 1972-06-22
·Runtime: 135m
·★ 5.4
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
ZDF
TMS Film GmbH
Cast
Harry Baer
as Ludwig II
Ingrid Caven
as Lola Montez
Peter Kern
as Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
Monica Bleibtreu
as Elisabeth Ney
Gert Haucke
as Baron Freyschlag
Günther Kaufmann
as Graf Holnstein
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
as Professor Gudden
Daniel Schmid
as Aussenminister von der Pfordten
Johannes Buzalski
as Emmanuel Geibel / Hitler
Oskar von Schab
as Ludwig I / Karl May
Wolfram Kunkel
as Hesselschwert