Ludwig II, King of Bavaria(1930)

Handlung

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…

Besetzung & Crew

William Dieterle

Ludwig II - König von Bayern

Theodor Loos

Dr. von Gudden

Hubert von Meyerinck

Eugen Burg

Ferdinand von Alten

Gerhard Bienert

Hesselschwerdt

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Friedrich Ettel

F

Franz Neuner

G

Georg Guertler

Josef Reithofer

Michael von Newlinsky

H

Harro Helwig

Arthur Duarte

P

Paul Günther

Max Schreck

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Otto von Wittelsbach (as H.H. von Twardowsky)

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Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein

T

Trude von Molo

Kaiserin Elisabeth 'Sissi' von Österreich

Rina Marsa

Herzogin Sophie

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Maria Markstein