Ludwig
1973
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.
- Luchino Visconti
- 3h 59m
- March 7, 1973 · France, Germany, Italy
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 7, 1973
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- German, French, Italian
- Countries
- France, Germany, Italy
- Production
- Taurus Film,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion,Cinétel,Mega Film,Divina-Film
- Cast
- Helmut Berger,Romy Schneider,Trevor Howard,Silvana Mangano,Gert Fröbe,Helmut Griem,Izabella Telezynska,Umberto Orsini,John Moulder-Brown,Sonia Petrovnaand 34 more
- Director
- Luchino Visconti
- Producer
- Ugo Santalucia,Robert Gordon Edwards
- Cinematography
- Armando Nannuzzi
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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