117 minutes
3/10/1930
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…
William Dieterle
as Ludwig II - König von Bayern
Theodor Loos
as Dr. von Gudden
Hubert von Meyerinck
Eugen Burg
Ferdinand von Alten
Gerhard Bienert
as Hesselschwerdt
Friedrich Ettel
Franz Neuner
Georg Guertler
Josef Reithofer
Michael von Newlinsky
Harro Helwig
Arthur Duarte
Paul Günther
Max Schreck
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Otto von Wittelsbach (as H.H. von Twardowsky)
Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein
Trude von Molo
as Kaiserin Elisabeth 'Sissi' von Österreich
Rina Marsa
as Herzogin Sophie
Maria Markstein
Johanna Klemperer