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
Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
Sonia Petrovna
Sophie
Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria
Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance
Trevor Howard
Richard Wagner
Stefano Patrizi
Louise Vincent
Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann
John Moulder-Brown
Prince Otto
Mark Burns
Hans von Bülow
Helmut Berger
Ludwig
Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow
Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
Umberto Orsini
Count von Holnstein
Adriana Asti
Lila von Buliowski
Friedrich von Ledebur
Hofmarschall (uncredited)
Henning Schlüter
Minister Fistermeister
Marc Porel
Richard Hornig
Angelo Casadei
Priest (uncredited)
Nora Ricci
Countess Ida Ferenczy
Maurizio Bonuglia
Mayr
Carla Mancini
Heinz Moog
Professor von Gudden
Raika Juri
Matilde
Folker Bohnet
Joseph Kainz
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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