1930
5.0 (1 votes)
1h 57m
Genres
History
Drama
Production Companies
Deutsche Universal-Film
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern)
Overview
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…
Key Crew
Director: William Dieterle
Producer: Joe Pasternak, Paul Kohner
Writer: William Dieterle, Charlotte Hagenbruch, Lajos Biró
Director of Photography: Charles J. Stumar
