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.
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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Cast
Friedrich von Ledebur
Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria
Folker Bohnet
Joseph Kainz
Carla Mancini
Adriana Asti
Lila von Buliowski
Henning Schlüter
Minister Fistermeister
Trevor Howard
Richard Wagner
John Moulder-Brown
Prince Otto
Mark Burns
Hans von Bülow
Louise Vincent
Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
Anne-Marie Hanschke
Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Raika Juri
Matilde
Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow
Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann
Umberto Orsini
Count von Holnstein
Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance
Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
Heinz Moog
Professor von Gudden
Sonia Petrovna
Sophie
Maurizio Bonuglia
Mayr
Angelo Casadei
Priest (uncredited)
Helmut Berger
Ludwig
Nora Ricci
Countess Ida Ferenczy