Drama History
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Directed by
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Written by
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Gert Haucke
Baron Freyschlag
Harry Baer
Ludwig II
Peter Kern
Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
Monica Bleibtreu
Elisabeth Ney
Günther Kaufmann
Graf Holnstein
Ingrid Caven
Lola Montez
Johannes Buzalski
Emmanuel Geibel / Hitler
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Professor Gudden
Wolfram Kunkel
Hesselschwert
Oskar von Schab
Ludwig I / Karl May
Hanna Köhler
Sissi
Ursula Strätz
Mme Bulyowski
Gerhard Maerz
Richard Wagner #1
Anette Tirier
Richard Wagner #2
Peter Moland
Minissterpräsident Lutz
Kurt Jungmann
Prinz Ludwig
Sigi Graue
Otto
Wolfgang Haas
Alfons Weber

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