Film record

Ludwig

1973Feature film184 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Italy · Germany · France
Languages
French · Italian
Genres
drama film · LGBTQ-related film · biographical film

Credits

Art department

Mario Chiari — Production design

Cinematography

Armando Nannuzzi — Cinematography

Costume

Piero Tosi — Costume design

Direction

Luchino Visconti — Directing

Editing

Ruggero Mastroianni — Editing

Music

Jacques Offenbach — Music composition

Cast

Helmut Berger — Acting (King Ludwig II of Bavaria)
Trevor Howard — Acting (Richard Wagner)
Silvana Mangano — Acting (Cosima von Bülow)
Gert Fröbe — Acting (Pater Hoffmann)
Helmut Griem — Acting (Count Dürckheim)
Umberto Orsini — Acting (Count von Holstein)
John Moulder-Brown — Acting (Prince Otto)
Sonia Petrovna — Acting (Princess Sophie)
Adriana Asti — Acting (Lila von Buliowski)
Marc Porel — Acting (Richard Hornig)
Nora Ricci — Acting (Countess Ida Ferenczy)
Mark Burns — Acting (Hans von Bülow)
Romy Schneider — Acting (Empress Elisabeth of Austria)
Gérard Herter — Acting (Prince Luitpold)
Carla Mancini — Acting
Eva Axén — Acting
Folker Bohnet — Acting (Josef Kainz)
Heinz Moog — Acting (Professor Bernhard von Gudden)
Maurizio Bonuglia — Acting (Mayer)
Henning Schlüter — Acting
Alexander Allerson — Acting
Karl-Heinz Peters — Acting
Alexander Stephan — Acting
Izabella Teleżyńska — Acting (Queen Mother, Marie of Prussia)

Writing

Suso Cecchi d'Amico — Screenwriting
Enrico Medioli — Screenwriting
Luchino Visconti — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

France · Original release
18 Jan 1973Checked 2 Oct 2026
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