Ludwig II (1955 film)

{{Short description|1955 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Ludwig II

| image = File:Ludwig II (1955 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Helmut Käutner

| producer = {{ubl|Wolfgang Reinhardt|Conrad von Molo}}

| writer = {{plainlist|

• George Hurdalek
• {{ill|Peter Berneis|de}}
• {{ill|Kadidja Wedekind|de}}

}}

| starring = O.W. Fischer
Ruth Leuwerik
Marianne Koch

| music = Heinrich Sutermeister

| cinematography = Douglas Slocombe

| editing = Anneliese Schönnenbeck

| studio = Aura Film

| distributor = Schorcht Filmverleih

| released = {{film date|1955|1|14|df=yes}}

| runtime = 115 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

}}

Ludwig II (German: Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs) is a 1955 West German historical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring O.W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik and Marianne Koch.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/30458/Ludwig-II/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925044820/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/30458/Ludwig-II/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2009 |title=Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs |accessdate=18 October 2008|first=Dave|last=Kehr|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=Dave Kehr |date=2009 }} It is based on the life of the nineteenth century ruler Ludwig II of Bavaria.Reimer & Reimer p.172Mitchell p.269-70 It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3700/year/1955.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822145127/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3700/year/1955.html |archive-date=2011-08-22 |access-date=1 February 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com}} The film was shot in technicolor at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by the art director Hein Heckroth and Fritz Lück. Location shooting took place at the historic residences of Ludwig II Herrenchiemsee, Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwangau Castle.