Mad Emperor: Ludwig II
1955·Germany - West Germany (FRG)·115 min.
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King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so expensive, his cabinet ends up resorting to formally challenging his mental health, plausible as his beloved brother Otto contracted schizophrenia earlier. Tragedy now lurks in Ludwig's prison-castle.
DirectorHelmut Käutner
CinematographyDouglas Slocombe
CastO.W. Fischer·Marianne Koch·Paul Bildt·Friedrich Domin·Rolf Kutschera·Herbert Hübner·Robert Meyn·Rudolf Fernau·Willy Rösner·Klaus Kinski·Fritz Odemar·Erik Frey·Albert Johannes·Erica Balqué·Ruth LeuwerikShow all
Original titleLudwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs