Cinematography:
Christian BergerComposer:
Bruno CoulaisCast:
Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Paula Beer, Gedeon Burkhard, Franz Dinda, Samuel Finzi, Hannah Herzsprung, Axel Milberg, Friedrich Mücke, Uwe Ochsenknecht (more)Plots(1)
Bavaria, 1864: Just 18, Crown Prince Ludwig is a striking young man. Tall and good-looking, he is passionate about the grim, brooding works of Richard Wagner with every fiber of his heart and soul. When King Maximilian II unexpectedly dies, Ludwig is proclaimed King of Bavaria and cheered enthusiastically by his subjects, who have put all their hopes for a better future in him. But he is naive, and soon has more enemies than friends. He believes in a better world and wants his people to live in peace and happiness. And to achieve this, his kingdom will become a center of beauty, ruled by the arts. His ministers can't understand why he refuses to buy new weapons ... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Sabin Tambrea
Romania
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Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Sebastian Schipper
West Germany
Best movies:
Run Lola Run (1998)
The English Patient (1996)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Paula Beer
Germany
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Frantz (2016)
Diplomacy (2014)
Gedeon Burkhard
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Wunderkinder (2011)
Franz Dinda
East Germany
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
A Year in Winter (2008)
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Samuel Finzi
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
One Life (2023)
The Captain (2017)
Hannah Herzsprung
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
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Axel Milberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Goethe! (2010)
Offroad (2012)
Friedrich Mücke
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Wunderschön (2022)
Russendisko (2012)
Uwe Ochsenknecht
West Germany
Best movies:
The Boat (1981)
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Time You Change (2010)
Tom Schilling
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
Edgar Selge
Best movies:
Hamsun (1996)
The Experiment (2001)
The Poll Diaries (2010)
Katharina Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Justus von Dohnányi
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Before the Fall (2004)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
August Schmölzer
Austria
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Downfall (2004)
Bandits (1997)
Fanny Krausz
Austria
Best movies:
Marlene (2000)
Ludwig II (2012)
Paganini: The Devil's Violinist (2013)
Wowo Habdank
West Germany
Best movies:
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Ludwig II (2012)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Andreas Buntscheck
West Germany
Best movies:
Ludwig II (2012)
The Murder Farm (2009)
André Eisermann
West Germany
Best movies:
Schlafes Bruder (1995)
The Castle (1997) (TV movie)
Ludwig II (2012)
August Wittgenstein
West Germany
Best movies:
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
Ku'damm 63 (2021) (series)