Synopsis
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans-Jürgen SyberbergWriter
- Hans-Jürgen SyberbergDirector
Cast
- Harry BaerLudwig II
- Ingrid CavenLola Montez
- Peter KernLakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
- Monica BleibtreuElisabeth Ney
- Gert HauckeBaron Freyschlag
- Günther KaufmannGraf Holnstein
- Hanna KöhlerSissi
- Ursula SträtzMme Bulyowski
- Gerhard MaerzRichard Wagner #1
- Anette TirierRichard Wagner #2
- Peter MolandMinissterpräsident Lutz
- Rudolf Waldemar BremProfessor Gudden