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.
Cast
Harry Baer
Ludwig II
Ingrid Caven
Lola Montez
Peter Kern
Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
Monica Bleibtreu
Elisabeth Ney
Gert Haucke
Baron Freyschlag
Günther Kaufmann
Graf Holnstein
Hanna Köhler
Sissi
Ursula Strätz
Mme Bulyowski
Gerhard Maerz
Richard Wagner #1
Anette Tirier
Richard Wagner #2
Peter Moland
Minissterpräsident Lutz
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Professor Gudden
Daniel Schmid
Aussenminister von der Pfordten
Johannes Buzalski
Emmanuel Geibel / Hitler
Kurt Jungmann
Prinz Ludwig
Sigi Graue
Otto
Oskar von Schab
Ludwig I / Karl May
Wolfram Kunkel
Hesselschwert
Wolfgang Haas
Alfons Weber
Eberhard Schubert
Hoffotograf Albert / Journalist
Stefan Abendroth
Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Peter Przygodda
Bismarck
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