Ludwig II.
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Luchino Visconti′s rather subjective and unconventional biographical film about the "Swan King" Ludwig II of Bavaria. Critics and movie fans consider this film as a master piece – but the German premiere turned into a (political) scandal first and foremost in Bavaria because of the account of Ludwig′s homosexuality. The film was rigorously censored and opened in cinemas in an extremely shortened version. Visconti′s individual, in its historic details fastidiously designed production, concentrated barely on the "great" historic moments in Ludwig′s life but rather tried to shed light on the monarch′s personal interests and idiosyncrasies.
Credits
| Director: | Luchino Visconti |
| Screenplay: | Luchino Visconti, Enrico Modioli, Suso Cecchi D\'Amico |
| Director of photography: | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Editing: | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music: | Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann, Jacques Offenbach |
| Cast: | |
| Helmut Berger | Ludwig |
| Romy Schneider | Elisabeth von Österreich |
| Trevor Howard | Richard Wagner |
| Silvana Mangano | Cosima von Buelow |
| Gert Fröbe | Vater Hoffmann |
| Helmut Griem | Herzog Dürckheim |
| Isabella Telezynska | Königin Mutter |
| Umberto Orsini | Herzog von Holstein |
| John Moulder-Brown | Prinz Otto |
| Sonia Petrova | Sophie |
| Production company: | Mega Film S.p.A. (Rom), Cinetel S.A. (Paris), KG Divina-Film GmbH & Co. (München), Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion GmbH (München) |
| Producer: | Ugo Santalucia |
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Titles
| Originaltitel (IT) Ludwig |
| Originaltitel (FR) Ludwig... ou le crépuscule des dieux |
| Originaltitel (DE) Ludwig II. |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 5170 m, 189 min |
| Format: | 35mm |
| Picture/Sound: | Farbe, Ton |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (DE): 18.01.1973, Bonn |
Prüffassung | |
| Length: | 3924 m, 143 min |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.12.1972, 45327, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |




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