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Ludwig (Blu-ray + DVD Combo)
Ludwig. He loved women. He loved men. He lived as controversially as he ruled. But he did not care what the world thought. He was the world. A string of masterpieces behind him - including Ossessione, Senso, The Leopard and Death in Venice - the great Italian director Luchino Visconti turned his attentions to the life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1972, resulting in an epic of 19th century decadence. Dominated by Helmut Berger (The Damned, The Bloodstained Butterfly) in the title role, Ludwig nevertheless manages to find room for an impressive cast list: Romy Schneider (reprising her Elisabeth of Austria characterisation from the Sissi trilogy), Silvana Mangano (Bitter Rice), Gert Frbe (Goldfinger), John Moulder-Brown (Deep End) and Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter) as Richard Wagner. As opulent as any of Visconti's epics - Piero Tosi's costume design was nominated for an Academy Award - Ludwig is presented here in its complete form in accordance with the director's wishes and features the English-language soundtrack for the first ever on home video.
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- Length
- Rating NR
- Released:
- Added Dec 19 2016
- Production Year 1973
- Empire SKU 1884838
- UPC Code 760137977384
- Studio Arrow
Cast
- Eva Axen
- Alexander Allerson
- Helmut Berger
- Marc Porel
- Romy Schneider
- Adriana Asti
- Trevor Howard
- Sonia Petrovna
- Umberto Orsini
- Helmut Griem
- Gert Frobe
- Silvana Mangano
- Nora Ricci
- Mark Burns
- Maurizio Bonuglia
- Heinz Moog
- Folker Bohnet
- Izabella Telezynska
- John Moulder-Brown
- Bert Bloch
- Manfred Fürst
- Kurt Großkurth
- Ian Linhart
- Carla Mancini
- Gernot Möhner
- Clara Moustawcesky
- Alain Naya
- Alessandro Perrella
- Karl-Heinz Peters
- Wolfram Schaerf
- Henning Schlüter
- Helmut Stern
- Louise Vincent
- Alexander Stephan
- Karl-Heinz Windhorst
- Raika Juri
- Angelo Casadei
- Berno von Cramm
- Friedrich von Ledebur
Production
- Dieter Geissler
- Ugo Santalucia