Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King ( Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König )

Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
139 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Written By:
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Actors:
Harry Baer ..... Ludwig II
Ingrid Caven ..... Lola Montez
Balthasar Thomass ..... Ludwig II as child
Oskar von Schab ..... Ludwig I
Karl May ..... Kainz /
Edgar Murray ..... Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
Winnetou ..... Richard Wagner (I)
Peter Kern ..... Richard Wagner (II)
Gerhard Maerz ..... Die Bulyowski / Dritte Norne
Anette Tirier ..... Sissi
Ursula Strätz ..... Emmanuel Geibel /
Hanna Köhler ..... Bismarck
Johannes Buzalski ..... Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Hitler ..... Professor Gudden
Peter Przygodda ..... Baron Freyschlag
Stefan Abendroth ..... Graf Holnstein
Monica Bleibtreu ..... Minissterpräsident Lutz
Rudolf Waldemar Brem ..... Prinzregent Luitpold
Otto Glas ..... Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Sepp Gneissl
Sigi Graue
Wolfgang Haas
Richard Halbesma
Liesel Haller
Egon Hanfstaengl
Gert Haucke
Kurt Jungmann
Günther Kaufmann
Wolfram Kunkel
Claudia Marie
Ginette Marie
Cornelius Martinovitz
Peter Mattes
Peter Moland
Heinrich-Wilhelm Narr
Hermann Pröll
Rudi Scheibengraber
Daniel Schmid
Siegfried Schmitt
Ludwig Schneider
Eberhard Schubert
Ilona von Halem
Fridolin Werther

Synopsis:

This film is a difficult combination of symbolic tableaux and more ordinary documentary considerations about the life of Ludwig II of Bavaria, known as the 'Mad King' of Bavaria. For those unfamiliar with his story, Ludwig II, the last king of Bavaria, sold the kingdom to Germany for a huge sum of money, with which he built a number of fantastic, fairy-tale castles. He was one of Richard Wagner's main financial sponsors, was a notoriously unrequited homosexual, and many believe that he met his death through assassination. This is the first part of director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg's 'German' trilogy, followed by Karl May, and Hitler, A Film From Germany all of them highly surreal films, rich with brilliant imagery.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 24 August, 2009.

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