Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
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.
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Cast
- Harry Baer — Ludwig II
- Ingrid Caven — Lola Montez
- Peter Kern — Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
- Monica Bleibtreu — Elisabeth Ney
- Gert Haucke — Baron Freyschlag
- Günther Kaufmann — Graf Holnstein
- Hanna Köhler — Sissi
- Ursula Strätz — Mme Bulyowski
- Gerhard Maerz — Richard Wagner #1
- Anette Tirier — Richard Wagner #2
- Peter Moland — Minissterpräsident Lutz
- Rudolf Waldemar Brem — Professor Gudden
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