King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament’s will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so expensive, his cabinet ends up resorting to formally challenging his mental health, plausible as his beloved brother Otto contracted schizophrenia earlier. Tragedy now lurks in Ludwig’s prison-castle. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.8/10 | |
Released: | January 1, 1955 | |
Runtime: | 115 min | |
Genres: | Drama History Biography | |
Companies: | Aura Aura (DE) Bavaria Film | |
Cast: | Paul Bildt O.W. Fischer Marianne Koch | |
Crew: | Helmut Käutner George Hurdalek Peter Berneis Kadidja Wedekind | |
kibito : Contains spoilers. Click to show. All I got out of that episode is, they can run now?