In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is afraid of people, also withdraws more and more into a dream world at his various castles. His brother is already in a psychiatric institute and Ludwig is also eventually put under the care of psychiatrist Bernhard von Gudden. The king attempts to get out from under this guardianship at Starnberg lake…
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 William DieterleLudwig II - König von Bayern | Ludwig II - König von Bayern |
 Theodor LoosDr. von Gudden | Dr. von Gudden |
 Hubert von MeyerinckNot listed | Not listed |
 Eugen BurgNot listed | Not listed |
 Ferdinand von AltenNot listed | Not listed |
 Gerhard BienertHesselschwerdt | Hesselschwerdt |
| FFriedrich EttelNot listed | Not listed |
| FFranz NeunerNot listed | Not listed |
| GGeorg GuertlerNot listed | Not listed |
 Josef ReithoferNot listed | Not listed |
 Michael von NewlinskyNot listed | Not listed |
| HHarro HelwigNot listed | Not listed |
 Arthur DuarteNot listed | Not listed |
| PPaul GüntherNot listed | Not listed |
 Max SchreckNot listed | Not listed |
 Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiOtto von Wittelsbach (as H.H. von Twardowsky) | Otto von Wittelsbach (as H.H. von Twardowsky) |
| HHedwig Pauly-WintersteinNot listed | Not listed |
| TTrude von MoloKaiserin Elisabeth 'Sissi' von Österreich | Kaiserin Elisabeth 'Sissi' von Österreich |
 Rina MarsaHerzogin Sophie | Herzogin Sophie |
| MMaria MarksteinNot listed | Not listed |
| JJohanna KlempererNot listed | Not listed |