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 | 5.184 |
Directed By
Luchino Visconti
Crew
Piero Tosi
Armando Nannuzzi
Robert Gordon Edwards
Ugo Santalucia
Enrico Medioli
Luchino Visconti
Ruggero Mastroianni
Mario Chiari
Luchino Visconti
Daniele Nannuzzi
Richard Wagner
Franco Mannino
Pietro Ferraroli
Sergio Melaranci
Grazia De Rossi
Luchino Oltrona Visconti
Corrado Ricercato
Luchino Gastel
Fanny Wessling
Alberto De Rossi
Renata Franceschi
Lucio Trentini
Vittorio Trentino
Giorgio Ferrara
Nino Cristiani
Louise Vincent
Robert Schumann
Stefano Patrizi
Giuseppe Bernardini
Federico Del Zoppo
Lea Mazzocchi
Enzo Eusepi
Federico Starace
Goffredo Rocchetti
Eligio Trani
Gianni Maddaleni
Jacques Offenbach
Mario Scisci
Gilda De Guilmi
Stefano Trani
Mario Tursi
Luchino Visconti
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Enrico Medioli
Gabriella Pescucci
Gianfranco De Dominicis
Albino Cocco
Anna Cristofani
Giuseppe Muratori
Albino Morandin
Klaus Zeissler
Federico Tocci
Giorgio Russo
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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