Rotten
Visconti has been such an intelligent film maker in the past that it's difficult to believe that Ludwig could be quite as bereft of ideas as it is.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Ludwig
Ludwig. He loved women. He loved men. He lived as controversially as he ruled. But he did not care what the world thought. He was the world.
1973 · 3h 59m · PG
Drama, History
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
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Ludwig
Overview
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
Director and cast
- Luchino Visconti Director
- Helmut Berger as Ludwig
- Romy Schneider as Elisabeth of Austria
- Trevor Howard as Richard Wagner
- Silvana Mangano as Cosima von Bülow
- Gert Fröbe as Father Hoffmann
- Helmut Griem as Dürckheim
- Izabella Telezynska as Queen Mother
- Umberto Orsini as Count von Holnstein
- John Moulder-Brown as Prince Otto
- Sonia Petrovna as Sophie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Perhaps only Visconti, who seems obsessed with the gloomy side of decadence, could have made Ludwig II of Bavaria seem boring.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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