Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiCinematography:
Armando NannuzziCast:
Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe, Helmut Griem, Umberto Orsini, John Moulder-Brown, Sonia Petrovna, Folker Bohnet, Adriana Asti (more)Plots(1)
The 19th-century King of Bavaria becomes involved in scandal. Conspired against by his own ministers, he died in mysterious circumstances which for reasons of state were attributed to his own madness. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Helmut Berger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/061/168061531_dlssmh.jpg)
Helmut Berger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Damned (1969)
![Trevor Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653304_74e93f.jpg)
Trevor Howard
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gandhi (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
![Silvana Mangano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713478_959d9c.jpg)
Silvana Mangano
Italy
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Great War (1959)
![Gert Fröbe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272441_8bd292.jpg)
Gert Fröbe
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Goldfinger (1964)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
![Helmut Griem](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271429_b305bd.jpg)
Helmut Griem
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Cabaret (1972)
Anna's Meetings (1978)
![Umberto Orsini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359107_3c3945.jpg)
Umberto Orsini
Italy
Best movies:
La dolce vita (1960)
Jury of One (1974)
The Damned (1969)
![John Moulder-Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/227/163227838_4c83ba.jpg)
John Moulder-Brown
UK
Best movies:
The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
Becket (1964)
Room at the Top (1959)
![Sonia Petrovna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126086_8cda7f.jpg)
Sonia Petrovna
France
Best movies:
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Professor (1972)
House of Witchcraft (1989) (TV movie)
Folker Bohnet
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
![Adriana Asti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/282/165282884_19c688.jpg)
Adriana Asti
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Youth (2003) (series)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
![Marc Porel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279937_9f5a66.jpg)
Marc Porel
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Violent People (1970)
![Nora Ricci](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396156_626f5e.jpg)
Nora Ricci
Italy
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Beautiful (1951)
![Mark Burns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886370_8c56bc.gif)
Mark Burns
UK
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Juggernaut (1974)
![Maurizio Bonuglia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570693_ec1d06.jpg)
Maurizio Bonuglia
Italy
Best movies:
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Le Gendarme se marie (1968)
The Driver's Seat (1974)
![Romy Schneider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087086_191dd6.jpg)
Romy Schneider
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
The Old Gun (1975)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
![Alexander Allerson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/428/159428403_14eea3.jpg)
Alexander Allerson
German Empire
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) (TV movie)
Satan's Brew (1976)
![Carla Mancini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634528_01ed72.jpg)
Carla Mancini
Best movies:
Viva Italia! (1977)
Seven Beauties (1975)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Henning Schlüter
German Empire
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Raika Juri
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Zorro (1975)
Flavia (1974)
![Friedrich von Ledebur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741954_7b544d.jpg)
Friedrich von Ledebur
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Notorious (1946)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)