Ludwig
1973Historical 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.
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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
Folker Bohnet
as Joseph Kainz
Heinz Moog
as Professor von Gudden
Adriana Asti
as Lila von Buliowski
Marc Porel
as Richard Hornig
Nora Ricci
as Countess Ida Ferenczy
Mark Burns
as Hans von Bülow
Maurizio Bonuglia
as Mayr
Alexander Allerson
as Secretary of State
Bert Bloch
as Weber
Manfred Fürst
Kurt Großkurth
as Minister of Finance
Anne-Marie Hanschke
as Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Gérard Herter
as Prince Luitpold
Ian Linhart
as Maximilian
Carla Mancini
Gernot Möhner
as Hesselschwerd
Clara Moustawcesky
as Hélène
Alain Naya
Alessandro Perella
Karl-Heinz Peters
as Washinton
Wolfram Schaerf
as Crailsheim
Henning Schlüter
as Minister Fistermeister
Helmut Stern
Eva Axén
as Maria
Louise Vincent
Alexander Stephan
as Carlo Teodoro
Karl-Heinz Windhorst
as Doctor Müller
Raika Juri
as Matilde
Angelo Casadei
as Priest (uncredited)
Hans Elwenspoek
as Doctor Rumpler (uncredited)
Karl Menzel
as Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
Howard Nelson Rubien
as Ambassador (uncredited)
Berno von Cramm
as Torring (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur
as Hofmarschall (uncredited)