---
title: 'Ludwig (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luchino Visconti'
released: '1973-01-18'
runtime_minutes: 184
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ludwig-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068883/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ludwig (1973)

1973 · PG · 184 min · Drama, History · Germany, France, Italy

Part of: Visconti German Trilogy

## Synopsis

Ludwig is a 1973 epic biographical drama film co-written and directed by Luchino Visconti. The film stars Helmut Berger as King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Romy Schneider as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, along with Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Griem, and Gert Fröbe. It is the third and final part of Visconti's "German Trilogy", following The Damned (1969) and Death in Venice (1971).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti)
- **Screenplay:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://cinepixo.com/people/suso-cecchi-d-amico), [Enrico Medioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-medioli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jacques Offenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-offenbach)
- **Director of Photography:** [Armando Nannuzzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-nannuzzi)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Umberto Orsini](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-orsini) as Maximilian von Holnstein
- [Helmut Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-berger) as Ludwig II of Bavaria
- [Gert Fröbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-frobe) as Pater Hoffmann
- [Folker Bohnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/folker-bohnet) as Josef Kainz
- [Silvana Mangano](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvana-mangano) as Cosima Wagner
- [Karl-Heinz Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-peters)
- [Marc Porel](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-porel) as Richard Hornig
- [Henning Schlüter](https://cinepixo.com/people/henning-schluter)
- [Friedrich von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-von-ledebur)
- [Heinz Moog](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-moog) as Bernhard von Gudden
- [Gérard Herter](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-herter) as Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
- [John Moulder-Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-moulder-brown) as Otto, King of Bavaria
- [Trevor Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-howard) as Richard Wagner
- [Romy Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-schneider) as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- [Alexander Allerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-allerson)

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