This is something of a “doing my homework” review because I feel like I should actually watch more movies with costumes by the legendary designer Piero Tosi instead of just drooling over the pictures, especially of the costumes on display. So when Kendra found me a decent copy of Ludwig (1973), I gave it a shot. Nearly 4 hours about the “mad” King of Bavaria later, and well, there weren’t as many costumes as I’d like, but the ones shown were indeed stunning. Plus, Helmut Berger as the eponymous king is super duper pretty to look at!
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I hope this is streaming somewhere or on DVD for I must see it!! Thank you!
Thank God this film had eye candy the way Cadburys has chocolate, because literally nothing about the description of this film’s plot appealed to me (Except that poor Princess Sophie narrowly manages to avoid becoming a ‘beard’ – and subbed in for her own sister at that).
I say that even as somebody who enjoys a spot of Wagner from time to time, used recreationally (The music, not the man and his attitudes).
Also, I remain deeply, deeply amused that Ms. Don’t Schneider played both Empress Elizabeth and Queen Victoria: honestly, I’m quite sure no two Princess of the blood could be more different (If nothing else, the late Queen Vic seems to have had more than a bit of the Dowager Countess of Grantham in her, going by her diaries & letters).
Incidentally Linderhof and most importantly the theatrical grotto just reopened to the public today, after a whopping 60 mill (€) restoration – and I have questions. Be that as it may, wannabe-Kini Markus couldn’t be kept from cutting the band in half…