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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Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King

June 22, 1972

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Cast (22)

Ludwig II

Lola Montez

Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm

Elisabeth Ney

Baron Freyschlag

Graf Holnstein

Sissi

Mme Bulyowski

Richard Wagner #1

Richard Wagner #2

Minissterpräsident Lutz

Professor Gudden

Aussenminister von der Pfordten

Emmanuel Geibel / Hitler

Prinz Ludwig

Otto

Ludwig I / Karl May

Hesselschwert

Alfons Weber

Hoffotograf Albert / Journalist

Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm

Bismarck

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