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Ludwig

Play trailer Poster for Ludwig PG,  1973,  4h 17m,  Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 36% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 89% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
36% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 89% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Mad Ludwig II (Helmut Berger) of Bavaria likes Empress Elisabeth (Romy Schneider), composer Richard Wagner (Trevor Howard), young men and candy.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker Sep 19, 2023
This movie is about the king's obsession with a mock-heroic fairy-tale mode of life and has no style. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Romney Film Comment Magazine Jun 28, 2018
It can feel cumbersome, frustratingly disjointed, at times certainly a heavy watch. And yet this full-length Ludwig... feels today like a painting whose images and forms can be at least freshly recognized. Go to Full Review
Bilge Ebiri Village Voice Jun 22, 2018
Built mostly around medium close-ups and dark interiors, the film creates a sense of isolation that matches the lead character's own state of mind. Go to Full Review
Judith Crist Texas Monthly Jun 12, 2020
There is no apparent intelligence in the way all this has been stuck together, let alone the way in which mind-shriveling dialogue has been assigned various mouths. Go to Full Review
Diego Galán El Pais (Spain) Aug 22, 2019
Ludwig continues to be an admirable spectacle. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Luchino Visconti

Director

Helmut Berger

King Ludwig II of Bavaria

Romy Schneider

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Trevor Howard

Richard Wagner

Silvana Mangano

Cosima von Bülow

Helmut Griem

King Ludwig II of Bavaria

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Ludwig

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Movie Info

Synopsis Mad Ludwig II (Helmut Berger) of Bavaria likes Empress Elisabeth (Romy Schneider), composer Richard Wagner (Trevor Howard), young men and candy.
Director
Luchino Visconti
Screenwriter
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Mega Film
Rating
PG
Genre
Biography
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 1973, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 14, 2008
Runtime
4h 17m
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