Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria | |
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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 | |
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.[1]
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
References
- ↑ Prawer p.97
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.
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