Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King

Original title: Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König

Duration: 135 min

Release date: 1972-06-22

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Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.

Drama History

Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König

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as Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm

Monica Bleibtreu

Monica Bleibtreu

as Elisabeth Ney

as Baron Freyschlag

Günther Kaufmann

Günther Kaufmann

as Graf Holnstein

as Mme Bulyowski

as Richard Wagner #1

as Richard Wagner #2

as Minissterpräsident Lutz

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

as Professor Gudden

as Aussenminister von der Pfordten

Johannes Buzalski

Johannes Buzalski

as Emmanuel Geibel / Hitler

as Prinz Ludwig

Oskar von Schab

Oskar von Schab

as Ludwig I / Karl May

as Hesselschwert

as Alfons Weber

Eberhard Schubert

Eberhard Schubert

as Hoffotograf Albert / Journalist

Stefan Abendroth

Stefan Abendroth

as Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm

Peter Przygodda

Peter Przygodda

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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Peter Przygodda

Peter Przygodda

Dietrich Lohmann

Dietrich Lohmann

Director of Photography

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

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