Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King

Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.

Cast

Harry Baer

Ludwig II

Ingrid Caven

Lola Montez

Peter Kern

Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm

Monica Bleibtreu

Elisabeth Ney

Gert Haucke

Baron Freyschlag