Luís da Baviera
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Ludwig II.
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Ludwig : Le Crépuscule des dieux
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Luis II de Baviera, el rey loco
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Ludwig ou le Crépuscule des dieux
director:
Luchino Visconti
playwright:
Enrico Medioli
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Luchino Visconti
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Suso Cecchi d'Amico
actor:
Helmut Berger
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Romy Schneider
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Trevor Howard
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Silvana Mangano
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Gert Fröbe
…
genre:
Drama
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History
region:
Italy
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France
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West Germany
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Monaco
language:
English
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French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
length: 3h 59m
release date:
1973-03-07
(Release)
IMDb: tt0068883
overview
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.