Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

117 mins | Drama, History | March 10, 1930

In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

117 mins | Drama, History | March 10, 1930

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…
Producers Deutsche Universal-Film
Original title Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern
Directors William Dieterle
Writers Charlotte Hagenbruch, Lajos Biró, William Dieterle

Cast

William Dieterle

as Ludwig II - König von Bayern

Theodor Loos

as Dr. von Gudden

Gerhard Bienert

as Hesselschwerdt

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

as Otto von Wittelsbach (as H.H. von Twardowsky)

Trude von Molo

as Kaiserin Elisabeth 'Sissi' von Österreich

Rina Marsa

as Herzogin Sophie