In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…
Directing | William Dieterle | Director |
Production | Heinz Landsmann | Production Manager |
Writing | Charlotte Hagenbruch | Writer |
Costume & Make-Up | Paul Dannenberg | Makeup Artist |
Writing | William Dieterle | Writer |
Camera | Charles J. Stumar | Director of Photography |
Art | Fritz Maurischat | Set Designer |
Production | Paul Kohner | Producer |
Production | Joe Pasternak | Producer |
Sound | Hansheinrich Dransmann | Original Music Composer |
Art | Erich Grave | Art Direction |
Art | Ernst Stern | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Ernst Stern | Costume Design |
Writing | Lajos Biró | Writer |