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Ludwig

Play trailer Poster for Ludwig PG Released Mar 8, 1973 4h 17m Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
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Mad Ludwig II (Helmut Berger) of Bavaria likes Empress Elisabeth (Romy Schneider), composer Richard Wagner (Trevor Howard), young men and candy.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker This movie is about the king's obsession with a mock-heroic fairy-tale mode of life and has no style. Sep 19, 2023 Full Review Jonathan Romney Film Comment Magazine It can feel cumbersome, frustratingly disjointed, at times certainly a heavy watch. And yet this full-length Ludwig... feels today like a painting whose images and forms can be at least freshly recognized. Jun 28, 2018 Full Review Bilge Ebiri Village Voice Built mostly around medium close-ups and dark interiors, the film creates a sense of isolation that matches the lead character's own state of mind. Jun 22, 2018 Full Review Judith Crist Texas Monthly There is no apparent intelligence in the way all this has been stuck together, let alone the way in which mind-shriveling dialogue has been assigned various mouths. Jun 12, 2020 Full Review Diego Galán El Pais (Spain) Ludwig continues to be an admirable spectacle. [Full Review in Spanish] Aug 22, 2019 Full Review Robert Mazzocco The New York Review of Books An unconscious parody of Visconti's own embattled romanticism, a diatribe against "privileged liberty," an old morality play in which the free soul is the damned soul-a dyspeptic Visconti, as it were, lecturing himself. Mar 22, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Wolfgang G Ludwig II. ist ein historisches Drama von Regisseur Luchino Visconti, mit Helmut Berger als Ludwig. Luchino Visconti inszenierte die historische Geschichte des Ludwig II. überzeugend, poetisch und sehr einfühlsam. Der Film zählt auch heute, nach 50 Jahren, als Meisterwerk, eine Paraderolle für Helmut Berger und auch für Romy Schneider. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Ludwig built the castles that inspired Walt Disney. Visconti's aesthetic masterpiece. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member good long exhaustive bio-pic Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Grandiose it may seems, there is not much to take away apart from the authentic depiction of King Ludwig's tragic life. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting story of a decadent mad king who was actually a liberace gay romantic romantic eccentric. Great acting and beautiful sets and costumes etc. But almost four hours is a bit too much and I was bored every now and then. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Long, opulent, rather strange. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mad Ludwig II (Helmut Berger) of Bavaria likes Empress Elisabeth (Romy Schneider), composer Richard Wagner (Trevor Howard), young men and candy.
Director
Luchino Visconti
Screenwriter
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Mega Film
Rating
PG
Genre
Biography
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 1973, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 14, 2008
Runtime
4h 17m