Ludwig was one of Visconti’s most ambitious films — the final part of his so-called German Trilogy. The previous titles, The Damned and Death in Venice, had been international hits, but this ...

A compassionate priest says this to the mad king of Bavaria about halfway through Ludwig, Luchino Visconti’s sprawling 1972 film, now finally available, in all its uncut glory, in a gorgeous ...

In "The Damned," "Ludwig" and "Death in Venice," Luchino Visconti excoriated and celebrated the trappings of his wealthy upbringing.

Visconti grasps Ludwig’s isolation, captured in Helmut Berger’s extraordinary title performance of childlike naïveté and stifled masculine ego.

Ludwig was one of Visconti’s most ambitious films — the final part of his so-called German Trilogy. The previous titles, The Damned and Death in Venice, had been international hits, but this ...

Helmut Berger, the actor and Austrian arthouse legend who frequently collaborated with Luchino Visconti, is dead at the age of 78.

Among the Italian filmmakers who achieved international prominence in the decades after World War II, Luchino Visconti possessed perhaps the sharpest historical insight and the keenest literary ...

Visconti launched Berger’s career, but “In ‘Ludwig,’ he had Berger gain weight, and he aged him during the film, so by the end of the film he is no longer the pretty young thing he is at ...

Helmut Berger, the Austrian actor who became an international star through the films of Luchino Visconti died today in his home city of Salzburg.

The Damned, known in Italian as La caduta degli dei (meaning "the twilight of the Gods"), the writer explained, is “a masterpiece which is nonetheless suitable for the cinema-goers who fell asleep ...