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 | 7.064 |
Directed By
Luchino Visconti
Crew
Enrico Medioli
Luchino Visconti
Ugo Santalucia
Robert Gordon Edwards
Armando Nannuzzi
Ruggero Mastroianni
Mario Chiari
Piero Tosi
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Enrico Medioli
Nino Cristiani
Giuseppe Bernardini
Federico Del Zoppo
Daniele Nannuzzi
Gianni Maddaleni
Sergio Melaranci
Albino Cocco
Giorgio Ferrara
Fanny Wessling
Luchino Gastel
Louise Vincent
Renata Franceschi
Lucio Trentini
Robert Schumann
Richard Wagner
Jacques Offenbach
Franco Mannino
Lea Mazzocchi
Stefano Patrizi
Mario Scisci
Pietro Ferraroli
Luchino Oltrona Visconti
Gabriella Pescucci
Enzo Eusepi
Corrado Ricercato
Gianfranco De Dominicis
Federico Starace
Alberto De Rossi
Goffredo Rocchetti
Grazia De Rossi
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Anna Cristofani
Gilda De Guilmi
Eligio Trani
Stefano Trani
Vittorio Trentino
Giuseppe Muratori
Mario Tursi
Albino Morandin
Federico Tocci
Giorgio Russo
Klaus Zeissler
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
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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