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, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Luchino Visconti | Director |
| Art | Mario Chiari | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Tosi | Costume Design |
| Writing | Luchino Visconti | Screenplay |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Production | Ugo Santalucia | Producer |
| Writing | Enrico Medioli | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Gordon Edwards | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Luchino Visconti | Story |
| Writing | Enrico Medioli | Story |
| Camera | Nino Cristiani | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Bernardini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Federico Del Zoppo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gianni Maddaleni | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sergio Melaranci | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Albino Cocco | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giorgio Ferrara | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fanny Wessling | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luchino Gastel | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louise Vincent | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Renata Franceschi | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Lucio Trentini | Production Manager |
| Sound | Robert Schumann | Music |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Music |
| Sound | Jacques Offenbach | Music |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Conductor |
| Editing | Lea Mazzocchi | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Stefano Patrizi | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Mario Scisci | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Pietro Ferraroli | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Luchino Oltrona Visconti | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Enzo Eusepi | Set Decoration |
| Art | Corrado Ricercato | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Gianfranco De Dominicis | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Production | Federico Starace | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia De Rossi | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Cristofani | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilda De Guilmi | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eligio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stefano Trani | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Vittorio Trentino | Sound |
| Sound | Giuseppe Muratori | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Production | Albino Morandin | Unit Manager |
| Production | Federico Tocci | Unit Manager |
| Production | Giorgio Russo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Klaus Zeissler | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
