Ludwig,1973. Dir: Luchino Visconti
Ludwig,1973, Italy. dir Luchino Visconti
Introduction
This magnificent film has recently been released in its four hour original version on DVD. There is currently no time available to write a proper article on the film which is on the never ending 'to do' list. This entry thus constitutes a search of Google at the end of 2007 down to page 25 for good quality entries on Visconti's Ludwig. As with many of his other films there is a remarkable paucity of useful material. Thankfully the Google project of being able to view parts of books online has come to the rescue with the entry from Henry Bacon's book on Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay being a must. For those serious about their Visconti it should be bought anyway!
For now this entry will function as a small hub for those intersted in following up this film.
Return to main Visconti hub page
Credits
- Director: Luchino Visconti
- Script: Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
- Photo: Armando Nannuzzi
- Music: Jacques Offenbach, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner
- Cast: Helmut Berger (Ludwig), Trevor Howard (Richard Wagner), Silvana Mangano (Cosima Von Buelow), Romy Schneider (Elisabeth of Austria), Gert Fröbe (Father Hoffmann), Helmut Griem (Count Duerckheim), Izabella Telezynska (Queen Mother), Umberto Orsini (Count Von Holstein), John Moulder-Brown (Prince Otto), Sonia Petrovna (Sophie), Folker Bohnet (Joseph Kainz), Heinz Moog (Professor Gudden), Adriana Asti (Lila Von Buliowski), Marc Porel (Richard Hornig), Nora Ricci (Countess Ida Ferenczy), Mark Burns (Hans Von Buelow), Maurizio Bonuglia (Mayor)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 245 min
Webliography
Google look at Bacon's Visconti Explorations of Beauty and Decay. (This should be the first stop for those seriously intersted in Visconti).
Cecchi D'amico Visconti's main screenwriter
Romy Schneider: Films de France
Google viewable extract from Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists
Google viewable extract from Bondanella's Italian Cinema
Visconti and Fellini: From Left Social Neorealism to Right-Hemisphere Stroke PDF
Google viewable extract of the Culture of Queers by Richard Dyer
Film Availability : 
Ludwig is available from MovieMail here.
30 Dec 2007 08:59
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Tags: European Cinema European Directors European Film Studies Helmut Berger Italian Cinema Kinoeye Luchino Visconti Ludwig Romy Schneider
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