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10/03/1930 History, Drama 1h 57m
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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…

  1. William Dieterle

    Director, Writer

  2. Charlotte Hagenbruch

    Writer

  3. Lajos Biró

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. William Dieterle

    Ludwig II - König von Bayern

  2. Theodor Loos

    Dr. von Gudden

  3. Hubert von Meyerinck

  4. Eugen Burg

  5. Ferdinand von Alten

  6. Gerhard Bienert

    Hesselschwerdt

  7. Friedrich Ettel

  8. Franz Neuner

  9. Georg Guertler

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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