Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King(1972)

movie - first aired/released 1972-06-22 - 140 min - audience 5.5

Drama, History

Directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

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.