Ludwig 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. Release date: 1973-03-07 Genres: Drama, History Actors: Helmut Griem, Umberto Orsini, Mark Burns, John Moulder-Brown, Henning Schlüter, Kurt Großkurth, Louise Vincent, Hans Elwenspoek, Trevor Howard, Romy Schneider, Friedrich von Ledebur, Sonia Petrovna, Carla Mancini, Helmut Berger, Gert Fröbe, Wolfram Schaerf, Gérard Herter, Maurizio Bonuglia, Izabella Telezynska, Marc Porel, Silvana Mangano, Adriana Asti, Heinz Moog, Alexander Allerson, Nora Ricci, Manfred Fürst, Angelo Casadei, Gernot Möhner, Karl-Heinz Peters, Raika Juri, Berno von Cramm, Folker Bohnet, Howard Nelson Rubien, Alexander Stephan, Karl-Heinz Windhorst, Karl Menzel, Clara Moustawcesky, Bert Bloch, Alain Naya, Anne-Marie Hanschke, Helmut Stern, Eva Axén, Alessandro Perella, Ian Linhart Runtime: 3 h. 58 min. Score: 7.5/10 Votes: 167 Countries: Germany, France, Italy, Monaco Companies: Cinétel, Mega Film, Divina-Film, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion, Taurus Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 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.
