Ludwig
Synopsis
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, abandonned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (18)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : Cinétel
- Foreign production companies : Mega Films, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion, Divina-Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Acacias
- French distribution : Valoria Films
Full credits (6)
- Screenwriters : Luchino Visconti, Enrico Medioli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
- Director of Photography : Armando Nannuzzi
- Editor : Ruggero Mastroianni
- Costume designer : Piero Tosi
- Foreign producers : Dieter Geissler, Ugo Santalucia
- Production Designer : Mario Chiari
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical, Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy (60.0%), Germany (20.0%), France (20.0%)
- Original French-language productions : No
