Ludwig II, King of Bavaria

1930 · Directed by William Dieterle · 117 min · drama film, silent film, biographical film

★ 6.0/10 · 2 ratings on TMDB

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…