Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1930)

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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…

Director: William Dieterle

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	William Dieterle as Ludwig II - König von Bayern
	Theodor Loos as Dr. von Gudden
	Hubert von Meyerinck as
	Eugen Burg as
	Ferdinand von Alten as
	Gerhard Bienert as Hesselschwerdt
	Friedrich Ettel as
	Franz Neuner as
	Georg Guertler as
	Josef Reithofer as
	Michael von Newlinsky as
	Harro Helwig as
	Arthur Duarte as
	Paul Günther as
	Max Schreck as
	Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Otto von Wittelsbach (as H.H. von Twardowsky)
	Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein as
	Trude von Molo as Kaiserin Elisabeth 'Sissi' von Österreich
	Rina Marsa as Herzogin Sophie
	Maria Markstein as
	Johanna Klemperer as

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