Drama History
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.
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria
Trevor Howard
Richard Wagner
Helmut Berger
Ludwig
Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow
Friedrich von Ledebur
Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann
Umberto Orsini
Count von Holnstein
John Moulder-Brown
Prince Otto
Adriana Asti
Lila von Buliowski
Marc Porel
Richard Hornig
Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
Carla Mancini
Henning Schlüter
Minister Fistermeister
Sonia Petrovna
Sophie
Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
Mark Burns
Hans von Bülow
Folker Bohnet
Joseph Kainz
Heinz Moog
Professor von Gudden
Nora Ricci
Countess Ida Ferenczy
Stefano Patrizi
Raika Juri
Matilde
Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance
Maurizio Bonuglia
Mayr
Louise Vincent
Angelo Casadei
Priest (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Hanschke
Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Izabella Telezynska
Queen Mother
Alexander Allerson
Secretary of State
Bert Bloch
Weber
Manfred Fürst
Ian Linhart
Maximilian
Gernot Möhner
Hesselschwerd
Clara Moustawcesky
Hélène
Alain Naya
Alessandro Perella
Karl-Heinz Peters
Washinton
Wolfram Schaerf
Crailsheim
Helmut Stern
Eva Axén
Maria
Alexander Stephan
Carlo Teodoro
Karl-Heinz Windhorst
Doctor Müller
Hans Elwenspoek
Doctor Rumpler (uncredited)
Karl Menzel
Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
Howard Nelson Rubien
Ambassador (uncredited)
Berno von Cramm
Torring (uncredited)

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