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…

• Release date
• March 10, 1930
• Runtime
• 117 min
• Genres
• History, Drama
• Director
• William Dieterle

Cast

William Dieterle Ludwig II - König von Bayern Theodor Loos Dr. von Gudden Hubert von Meyerinck Eugen Burg Ferdinand von Alten Gerhard Bienert Hesselschwerdt

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Friedrich Ettel

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Franz Neuner