Film
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
1930Directed by William Dieterle
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
About Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
- History
- Drama
Synopsis
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
- Writers
- William Dieterle
- Charlotte Hagenbruch
- Lajos Biró
- Original title
- Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern
