Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (movie)
Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern- User score: 5
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: William Dieterle
- Production companies: Deutsche Universal-Film
- Genre: History, Drama
- Release date: 3/10/1930
- Run time: 117 min.
Movie description
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…
