Ludwig (1973)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.787 |
Directed By
Luchino Visconti
Crew
Ugo Santalucia
Enrico Medioli
Piero Tosi
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Armando Nannuzzi
Robert Gordon Edwards
Ruggero Mastroianni
Mario Chiari
Giorgio Ferrara
Anna Cristofani
Enzo Eusepi
Grazia De Rossi
Mario Tursi
Mario Scisci
Giuseppe Bernardini
Renata Franceschi
Gianfranco De Dominicis
Louise Vincent
Luchino Visconti
Nino Cristiani
Franco Mannino
Pietro Ferraroli
Luchino Gastel
Luchino Oltrona Visconti
Corrado Ricercato
Goffredo Rocchetti
Lucio Trentini
Jacques Offenbach
Vittorio Trentino
Stefano Patrizi
Gabriella Pescucci
Eligio Trani
Gianni Maddaleni
Sergio Melaranci
Fanny Wessling
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Gilda De Guilmi
Robert Schumann
Lea Mazzocchi
Federico Starace
Alberto De Rossi
Stefano Trani
Giuseppe Muratori
Enrico Medioli
Albino Cocco
Federico Del Zoppo
Daniele Nannuzzi
Richard Wagner
Federico Tocci
Giorgio Russo
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Albino Morandin
Klaus Zeissler
Ugo Santalucia
TOP 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
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
Alexander Allerson
Secretary of State
Bert Bloch
Weber
Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance
Anne-Marie Hanschke
Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
Ian Linhart
Maximilian
Gernot Möhner
Hesselschwerd
Clara Moustawcesky
Hélène
Karl-Heinz Peters
Washinton
Wolfram Schaerf
Crailsheim
Henning Schlüter
Minister Fistermeister
Eva Axén
Maria
Alexander Stephan
Carlo Teodoro
Karl-Heinz Windhorst
Doctor Müller
Raika Juri
Matilde
Angelo Casadei
Priest (uncredited)
Hans Elwenspoek
Doctor Rumpler (uncredited)
Karl Menzel
Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
Howard Nelson Rubien
Ambassador (uncredited)
Berno von Cramm
Torring (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur
Hofmarschall (uncredited)
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