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Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1930)

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1930)

Drama History
Release Date: 1930, March 10
Directors: William Dieterle
Countries: Germany
Production: Deutsche Universal-Film
Cast: Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Theodor Loos, Gerhard Bienert, Rina Marsa, Trude von Molo

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…