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.
Ludwig II
Lola Montez
Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
Elisabeth Ney
Baron Freyschlag
Graf Holnstein
Sissi
Mme Bulyowski
Richard Wagner #1
Richard Wagner #2
Minissterpräsident Lutz
Professor Gudden
Aussenminister von der Pfordten
Emmanuel Geibel / Hitler
Prinz Ludwig
Otto
Ludwig I / Karl May
Hesselschwert
Alfons Weber
Hoffotograf Albert / Journalist
Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Bismarck
Director
Writer
Editor
Director of Photography
Music
Producer