Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Helmut Käutner
Written : Georg Hurdalek Peter Berneis Kadidja Wedekind
Stars : Marianne Koch Friedrich Domin Paul Bildt O.W. Fischer
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Jan 13, 1955
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Bavaria Film Aura
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Jan 13, 1955
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Bavaria Film Aura
