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.

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

Romy Schneider

(Elisabeth of Austria)

Trevor Howard

(Richard Wagner)

Silvana Mangano

(Cosima von Bülow)

Gert Fröbe

(Father Hoffmann)

Helmut Griem

Izabella Telezynska

Umberto Orsini

(Count von Holnstein)

John Moulder-Brown

Sonia Petrovna

Folker Bohnet

Heinz Moog

(Professor von Gudden)

Adriana Asti

(Lila von Buliowski)

Marc Porel

(Richard Hornig)

Nora Ricci

(Countess Ida Ferenczy)

Mark Burns

(Hans von Bülow)

Maurizio Bonuglia

Alexander Allerson

(Secretary of State)

Bert Bloch

Manfred Fürst

Kurt Großkurth

(Minister of Finance)

Anne-Marie Hanschke

(Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother)

Gérard Herter

(Prince Luitpold)

Ian Linhart

Carla Mancini

Gernot Möhner

(Hesselschwerd)

Clara Moustawcesky

Alain Naya

Alessandro Perella

Karl-Heinz Peters

Wolfram Schaerf

Henning Schlüter

(Minister Fistermeister)

Helmut Stern

Eva Axén

Louise Vincent

Alexander Stephan

(Carlo Teodoro)

Karl-Heinz Windhorst

(Doctor Müller)

Raika Juri

Angelo Casadei

(Priest (uncredited))

Hans Elwenspoek

(Doctor Rumpler (uncredited))

Karl Menzel

(Stableboy in Hunding's Hut (uncredited))

Howard Nelson Rubien

(Ambassador (uncredited))

Berno von Cramm

(Torring (uncredited))

Friedrich von Ledebur

(Hofmarschall (uncredited))