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.
Harry Baer
as Ludwig II
Ingrid Caven
as Lola Montez
Peter Kern
as Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm
Monica Bleibtreu
as Elisabeth Ney
Gert Haucke
as Baron Freyschlag
Günther Kaufmann
as Graf Holnstein
Hanna Köhler
as Sissi
Ursula Strätz
as Mme Bulyowski
Gerhard Maerz
as Richard Wagner #1
Anette Tirier
as Richard Wagner #2
Peter Moland
as Minissterpräsident Lutz
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
as Professor Gudden
