Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
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View on VideBits →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…
Cast & crew
Gerhard Bienert · Hubert von Meyerinck · Franz Neuner · Theodor Loos · Eugen Burg · Lajos Biró · Friedrich Ettel · Josef Reithofer · Ferdinand von Alten · Charlotte Hagenbruch · William Dieterle · Georg Guertler