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.
238 mins
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.
Izabella Telezynska
Queen Mother
Alexander Allerson
Secretary of State
Bert Bloch
Weber
Ian Linhart
Maximilian
Gernot Möhner
Hesselschwerd
Clara Moustawcesky
Hélène
Karl-Heinz Peters
Washinton
Wolfram Schaerf
Crailsheim
Eva Axén
Maria
Alexander Stephan
Carlo Teodoro
Karl-Heinz Windhorst
Doctor Müller
Hans Elwenspoek
Doctor Rumpler (uncredited)
Karl Menzel
Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited)
Howard Nelson Rubien
Ambassador (uncredited)
Berno von Cramm
Torring (uncredited)
Enrico Medioli
Screenplay
Ugo Santalucia
Producer
Robert Gordon Edwards
Executive Producer
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Mario Chiari
Production Design
Enrico Medioli
Story
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Bernardini
Camera Operator
Daniele Nannuzzi
Assistant Camera
Gianni Maddaleni
Assistant Camera
Sergio Melaranci
Assistant Camera
Albino Cocco
First Assistant Director
Giorgio Ferrara
Second Assistant Director
Fanny Wessling
Second Assistant Director
Luchino Gastel
Second Assistant Director
Renata Franceschi
Script Supervisor
Lucio Trentini
Production Manager
Franco Mannino
Conductor
Lea Mazzocchi
Assistant Editor
Mario Scisci
Assistant Production Design
Pietro Ferraroli
Assistant Production Design
Luchino Oltrona Visconti
Assistant Production Design
Enzo Eusepi
Set Decoration
Corrado Ricercato
Assistant Set Decoration
Gianfranco De Dominicis
Assistant Set Decoration
Federico Starace
Production Secretary
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Department Head
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Grazia De Rossi
Hair Department Head
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Anna Cristofani
Assistant Hairstylist
Gilda De Guilmi
Assistant Hairstylist
Eligio Trani
Makeup Artist
Stefano Trani
Assistant Makeup Artist
Vittorio Trentino
Sound
Giuseppe Muratori
Boom Operator
Mario Tursi
Still Photographer
Albino Morandin
Unit Manager
Federico Tocci
Unit Manager
Giorgio Russo
Unit Manager
Klaus Zeissler
Unit Manager
Ugo Santalucia
Presenter