Movie
Ludwig
1973 · 239 min
A slow, opulent immersion into a fragile king's loneliness, where sumptuous palaces contrast with inner torment and inevitable decline.
- Directed by
- Luchino Visconti
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Starring
- Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard
- 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.
- 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.
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- Directed by
- Luchino Visconti
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Starring
- Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard
