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Creator/RomySchneider reprised her most famous role, Empress UsefulNotes/{{Elisabeth of Austria}} (more commonly known as “Sisi/Sissi”), "Sisi"), Ludwig's beloved cousin and another member of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach by birth, after playing her for the last time in 1957's ''Sisi - Fateful Years of an Empress''. The cast also included Creator/TrevorHoward, Creator/GertFrobe and Silvana Mangano.
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The film forms a ThematicSeries, the 'German Trilogy', with ''[[Film/TheDamned1969 The Damned]]'' and ''Film/DeathInVenice''.
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The film forms a ThematicSeries, the 'German Trilogy', with ''[[Film/TheDamned1969 The Damned]]'' ''Film/{{The Damned|1969}}'' and ''Film/DeathInVenice''.
''[[Film/MorteAVenezia Death in Venice]]''.
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Creator/RomySchneider reprised her most famous role, Elizabeth Empress Elisabeth of Austria (more commonly known as “Sisi/Sissi”), Ludwig's beloved cousin and another member of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach (Ludwig's cousin), also known as "Sisi", by birth, after playing her for the last time in 1957's ''Sisi - Fateful Years of an Empress''. The cast also included Creator/TrevorHoward, Creator/GertFrobe and Silvana Mangano.
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:Ludwig and his personal physician are found dead in a lake outside the castle, with no indication as to whether they were murdered or died of natural causes. This is true to RealLife, where Ludwig's cause of death remains a mystery.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:Ludwig and his personal physician are found dead in a lake outside the castle, with no indication as to whether they were murdered murdered, committed suicide, or died of natural causes. This is true to RealLife, where Ludwig's cause of death remains a mystery.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[Spoiler:Ludwig [[spoiler:Ludwig and his personal physician are found dead in a lake outside the castle, with no indication as to whether they were murdered or died of natural causes. This is true to RealLife, where Ludwig's cause of death remains a mystery.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[Spoiler:Ludwig and his personal physician are found dead in a lake outside the castle, with no indication as to whether they were murdered or died of natural causes. This is true to RealLife, where Ludwig's cause of death remains a mystery.]]
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The film recounts the life of king UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria (played by Creator/HelmutBerger) Helmut Berger) from his accession to the throne to his death.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Cosima von Bülow cheats on her husband with Richard Wagner.
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* SettleForSibling: Ludwig falls for Sisi, who is already married, then he becomes engaged with Sisi's sister, Sophie. {{Subverted|Trope}}, because the wedding is eventually cancelled.
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* TheDandy: Ludwig is always well dressed and he always wears many jewels.
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* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Ludwig likes jewelry. For example, he wears a hat with a shining jewel on it. He also gives many jewels to his male servants-lovers.
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* WarriorPrince: Ludwig's brother Otto fights in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.
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''Ludwig'' is a 1973 biopic directed by Creator/LuchinoVisconti, starring Creator/HelmutBerger as king Ludwig and Creator/RomySchneider as Sisi.
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''Ludwig'' (sometimes titled ''Ludwig II'') is a 1973 historical biopic directed byCreator/LuchinoVisconti, starring Creator/HelmutBerger as king Ludwig and Creator/RomySchneider as Sisi.
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The film recounts the life of king UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria (played by Creator/HelmutBerger) from his accession to the throne to hisdeath.
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''Ludwig'' (sometimes titled ''Ludwig II'') is a 1973 historical biopic directed by
The film recounts the life of king UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria (played by Creator/HelmutBerger) from his accession to the throne to his
Creator/RomySchneider reprised her most famous, Elizabeth of Wittelsbach, also known as "Sisi", after playing her for the last time in 1957's ''Sisi - Fateful Years of an Empress''.
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* KissingCousins: A standard practice for the nobility of that era. Ludwig falls for Sisi, then he becomes engaged with Sisi's sister, Sophie. Both of them were his cousins (their grandfather Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria was Ludwig's great-grandfather, so they were his first cousins once removed).
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* ByronicHero: Ludwig is male, physically attractive, sophisticated, self-centered, emotionally sensitive, brooding... He is extremely passionate. He sees his own passions (for Wagner, for poetry...) as above everything else, including the destiny of his kingdom.
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** To please Ludwig, Kainz plays the role of Didier in the theatre play ''Marion de Lorme'' by Creator/VictorHugo. Ludwig himself quote quotes the play when he hears that the cabinet wants to depose him ("Moi, le premier de France, en être le dernier !")
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** Kainz plays the role of Didier in the theatre play ''Marion de Lorme'' by Creator/VictorHugo. Ludwig himself quote the play when he hears that the cabinet wants to depose him ("Moi, le premier de France, en être le dernier !")
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** To please Ludwig, Kainz plays the role of Didier in the theatre play ''Marion de Lorme'' by Creator/VictorHugo. Ludwig himself quote the play when he hears that the cabinet wants to depose him ("Moi, le premier de France, en être le dernier !")
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* GratuitousFrench: The members of the royal and imperial families use many French words. For exemple, Sisi calls Ludwig "mon cousin".
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** Many operas by Music/RichardWagner are mentioned (''Theatre/TristanUndIsolde'', ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'').
** Ludwig gets a crush on Josef Kainz when he plays Romeo in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
** Kainz plays the role of Didier in the theatre play ''Marion de Lorme'' by Creator/VictorHugo. Ludwig himself quote the play when he hears that the cabinet wants to depose him ("Moi, le premier de France, en être le dernier !")
** Many operas by Music/RichardWagner are mentioned (''Theatre/TristanUndIsolde'', ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'').
** Ludwig gets a crush on Josef Kainz when he plays Romeo in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
** Kainz plays the role of Didier in the theatre play ''Marion de Lorme'' by Creator/VictorHugo. Ludwig himself quote the play when he hears that the cabinet wants to depose him ("Moi, le premier de France, en être le dernier !")
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* FramingDevice: In the first part of the film (until the cabinet comes to Neuschwanstein to depose the king), each sequence is introduced by the account of someone who testifies in a commission that assesses the mental health of Ludwig.
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* HowWeGotHere: In the beginning, someone tells the audience that he runs a commission that assesses the mental health of Ludwig, in order to check if he can keep on reigning. Then, we return to the accession to the throne.
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''Ludwig'' is a 1973 biopic directed by Creator/LuchinoVisconti, starring Creator/HelmutBerger as king Ludwig and Creator/RomySchneider as Sisi.
The film recounts the life of king UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria from his accession to the throne to his death.
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!!''Ludwig'' provides examples of:
* {{Biopic}}: The film recounts the life of king UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria from his accession to the throne (1864) to his death (1886).
* ButNotTooBi: Ludwig indicates interest in women and men, but his interest in women does not go beyond tenderness and complicity towards Sisi, whereas he has multiple sexual relationships with his male servants.
* DrivenToSuicide: When he hears that the cabinet wants to depose him, Ludwig decides to commit suicide. The ministers prevent him from doing so and he is locked up in a castle. A few days later, his dead body is found, so he has probably killed himself.
* TheGoodChancellor: Count Dürckheim serves Ludwig faithfully and he gives him good advice to mitigate the king's eccentric personality.
* TheMistress: Cosima von Bülow is Richard Wagner's mistress.
* SanitySlippage:
** Ludwig's brother Otto gets crazy and he has to be locked up in an asylum.
** The mental health of Ludwig himself declines in the course of the film. In the end of his reign, he lives in a isolated castle with his servants. He refuses to see other people.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cosima von Bülow cheats on her husband with Richard Wagner.
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The film recounts the life of king UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria from his accession to the throne to his death.
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!!''Ludwig'' provides examples of:
* {{Biopic}}: The film recounts the life of king UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria from his accession to the throne (1864) to his death (1886).
* ButNotTooBi: Ludwig indicates interest in women and men, but his interest in women does not go beyond tenderness and complicity towards Sisi, whereas he has multiple sexual relationships with his male servants.
* DrivenToSuicide: When he hears that the cabinet wants to depose him, Ludwig decides to commit suicide. The ministers prevent him from doing so and he is locked up in a castle. A few days later, his dead body is found, so he has probably killed himself.
* TheGoodChancellor: Count Dürckheim serves Ludwig faithfully and he gives him good advice to mitigate the king's eccentric personality.
* TheMistress: Cosima von Bülow is Richard Wagner's mistress.
* SanitySlippage:
** Ludwig's brother Otto gets crazy and he has to be locked up in an asylum.
** The mental health of Ludwig himself declines in the course of the film. In the end of his reign, he lives in a isolated castle with his servants. He refuses to see other people.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cosima von Bülow cheats on her husband with Richard Wagner.
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