Ludwig Movie Review 1972

Lavish-but-slow epic bio of Bavaria's mad monarch, Ludwig II (Berger), who built extravagent fantasy castles and sponsored composer Richard Wagner (Howard), whom the king became obsessed with. Italian with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS
Running time 231 minutes.
Originally from Italian, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Biopics: Royalty, Royalty, Gays, Sanity Check

Screenplay

Luchino Visconti

Cast

Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Romy Schneider, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Griem, Gert Frobe

Cinematography

Armando Nannuzzi

Director

Luchino Visconti