

01/01/1981
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.

Helmut Berger
as Ludwig

Romy Schneider
as Elisabeth of Austria

Trevor Howard
as Richard Wagner

Helmut Griem
as Dürckheim

Silvana Mangano
as Cosima Von Bülow

Umberto Orsini
as Count Von Holnstein

John Moulder-Brown
as Prince Otto

Gert Fröbe
as Father Hoffman

Izabella Telezynska
as Queen Mother
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