- Country: France, Italy, Monaco, West Germany
- Genres: Biography, Drama, History
- Release: 1973-03-08
- Director: Luchino Visconti
- Writers: Enrico Medioli , Suso Cecchi D’Amico
- Language: Italian | German | French
- Stars: Helmut Berger , Romy Schneider , Trevor Howard (I) (1913–1988) , Silvana Mangano
- Runtime: 238 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 7 nominations total
- AKA: Ludwig - Le crépuscule des Dieux (France, French Republic) , Людвиг , Ludwig (United Arab Emirates) , Ludwig II , Ludwig ou le crépuscule des dieux (France, French Republic) , Ludwig (United States of America) , Ludwig (Romania) , Luis II de Baviera, el rey loco (Spain) , Ludwig - O Último Rei da Bavária (Brazil) , Liudvikas (Lithuania) , ルートヴィヒ (Japan) , Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (United States of America) , Luís da Baviera (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ludwig: A Paixão de um Rei (Brazil) , Ludwig (Hungary) , Ludwig: La pasión de un rey (Argentina) , Лудвиг (Bulgaria) , Ludwig , Luís da Baviera - Requiem Para um Rei Virgem (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ludwig (Poland) , Ludwig (United Kingdom) , Ludwig - A Paixão de um Rei (Brazil) , Ludwig II (Germany) , Ludwig II (Finland) , Rûtovihi (Japan) , Ludwig of Schaduw over de Goden (Belgium) , Ludwig (Brazil) , Το λυκόφως των θεών (Greece) , Ludwig (Italy) , ルードウィヒ 神々の黄昏 (Japan) , Ludwig (Canada) , To lykofos ton theon (Greece)
- Plot:
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandonned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
- IMDB:tt0068883
Ludwig Cast · · · ALL
Luchino Visconti
Director
Helmut Berger
Ludwig
Romy Schneider
Elisabeth of Austria
Trevor Howard
(I)
(1913–1988)
Richard Wagner
Silvana Mangano
Cosima von Bülow
Gert Fröbe
Father Hoffmann
Helmut Griem
Dürckheim
Izabella Telezynska
Queen Mother
Umberto Orsini
Count von Holnstein
John Moulder-Brown
Prince Otto
Sonia Petrovna
Sophie
Folker Bohnet
Joseph Kainz
Heinz Moog
Professor von Gudden
Adriana Asti
Lila von Buliowski
Marc Porel
Richard Hornig
Nora Ricci
Countess Ida Ferenczy
Maurizio Bonuglia
Mayor
Alexander Allerson
Secretary of State
Kurt Großkurth
Minister of Finance
Anne-Marie Hanschke
Princess Ludovika, Elisabeth's Mother
Gérard Herter
Prince Luitpold
Carla Mancini
Gernot Möhner
Hesselschwerd
Alain Naya
Karl-Heinz Peters
Washinton
Wolfram Schaerf
Crailsheim