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Ludwig

Name: Ludwig
Director: Luchino Visconti
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1973
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe

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.

1973 · Directed by Luchino Visconti · 239 min · Drama · History · 10 frames

Tagline

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.

Crew

Screenplay: Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Cinematography: Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by: Ruggero Mastroianni
Production design: Mario Chiari
Produced by: Ugo Santalucia

Cast

Helmut Berger as Ludwig
Romy Schneider as Elisabeth of Austria
Trevor Howard as Richard Wagner
Silvana Mangano as Cosima von Bülow
Gert Fröbe as Father Hoffmann
Helmut Griem as Dürckheim
Izabella Telezynska as Queen Mother
Umberto Orsini as Count von Holnstein
John Moulder-Brown as Prince Otto
Sonia Petrovna as Sophie

Production

Country: Germany, France, Italy, Monaco
Language: Italian, German, French, Latin, English
Studios: Cinétel, Mega Film, Divina-Film, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion
Budget: $12,000,000
Themes: friendship, bavaria, germany, biography, herrenchiemsee, male homosexuality, king, 19th century

More by Luchino Visconti

The Leopard — 1963
The Damned — 1969
The Innocent — 1976
Senso — 1954
White Nights — 1957
Bellissima — 1952
La Terra Trema — 1949
Obsession — 1943
Conversation Piece — 1974
Death in Venice — 1971
Rocco and His Brothers — 1960
Sandra — 1965

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