又名：Mad Emperor: Ludwig II
故事发生在19世纪下半叶的德国，彼时的德意志正面临着统一的命运。路德维希二世（奥托·威廉·费舍尔 O.W. Fischer 饰）是统治南德意志邦国巴伐利亚的君主，和其他野心勃勃的国王不同，路德维希二世是一位彻头彻尾的浪漫主义者，他对玩弄政治权谋深恶痛绝，幻想着通过文化和艺术来统治国家。他相信，唯一能够给国民们带来幸福的，从来都不是战争和侵略，而是美与和平。 怀揣着这样天真的幻想，路德维希二世的仕途
Title：Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs Year：1955 Genre：Biography / Drama / History Language：German Country：West Germany Director：Helmut Käutner Writer：Georg Hurdalek / Peter Berneis / Kadidja Wedekind Actors：O.W. Fischer / Marianne Koch / Paul Bildt Plot：King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so expensive, his cabinet ends up resorting to formally challenging his mental health, plausible as his beloved brother Otto contracted schizophrenia earlier. Tragedy now lurks in Ludwig's prison-castle.
