Ludwig

Name: Ludwig
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 07 Mar 1973
Rating: 7.43
Cast: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe

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. 1973-03-07 Germany, France, Italy, Monaco 238 minutes.

7.43 177 votes

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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.

Year 1973

Studio Cinétel, Mega Film, Divina-Film, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion, Taurus Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director Luchino Visconti

Crew Piero Tosi (Costume Design), Armando Nannuzzi (Director of Photography), Robert Gordon Edwards (Executive Producer), Ugo Santalucia (Producer), Enrico Medioli (Screenplay), Luchino Visconti (Screenplay)

Popularity 3

Language Deutsch, Italiano, Latin, Français, English