Ludwig (1973)
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
Top Billed Cast: Kurt Großkurth, Anne-Marie Hanschke, Umberto Orsini
Runtime: 239 minutes
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Helmut Berger
Ludwig
Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria
Trevor Howard
Richard Wagner
Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow
Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann
Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
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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
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Alexander Allerson
Secretary of State
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Bert Bloch
Weber
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Manfred Fürst
Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance
Anne-Marie Hanschke
Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
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Ian Linhart
Maximilian
Carla Mancini
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Gernot Möhner
Hesselschwerd
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Clara Moustawcesky
Hélène
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Alain Naya
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Alessandro Perella
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Karl-Heinz Peters
Washinton
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Wolfram Schaerf
Crailsheim
Henning Schlüter
Minister Fistermeister
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Helmut Stern
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Eva Axén
Maria
Louise Vincent
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Alexander Stephan
Carlo Teodoro
