Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
Directed by	William Dieterle
Produced by	Joe Pasternak Paul Kohner
Written by	William Dieterle Charlotte Hagenbruch
Starring	William Dieterle Theodor Loos Eugen Burg
Music by	Hansheinrich Dransmann
Cinematography	Charles J. Stumar
Production company	Deutsche Universal-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Universal-Film
Release dates	1929
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	Silent German intertitles

Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (German: Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dieterle, Theodor Loos and Eugen Burg. It portrays the life and reign of the monarch Ludwig II who ruled Bavaria from 1864 to 1886. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Geiselgasteig, Munich. The production company was the German subsidiary of the American studio Universal Pictures.

Cast

• William Dieterle as Ludwig II
• Theodor Loos as Doctor von Gudden
• Eugen Burg
• Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Otto von Wittelsbach
• Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein
• Trude von Molo as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
• Rudolph Anders as Diener
• Rina Marsa as Herzogin Sophie
• Gerhard Bienert as Hesselschwerdt
• Ferdinand von Alten
• Friedrich Ettel
• Franz Neuner
• Georg Guertler
• Hubert von Meyerinck
• Josef Reithofer
• Michael von Newlinsky
• Harro Helwig
• Arthur Duarte
• Paul Günther
• Max Schreck
• Maria Markstein
• Johanna Klemperer

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• Ludwig II, King of Bavaria at IMDb