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Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

Where:

🇩🇪 Germany

When:

The 1860s The 1870s The 1880s

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…

Released in 1930 — 117 minutes

Genres:

History Drama

Language:

No Language