路德维希二世：一位君主的潮起潮落 Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955)

　　A decade before Luchino Visconti made The Damned, Käutner had similarly exposed connections between industry and (Nazi) ideology in Der Rest ist Schweigen, and his German Ludwig II (1955) predated the Italian’s by 17 y...展开ears. Despite some restrictions imposed by the heirs, Käutner’s version is a dazzling meditation on myth and history as a requiem for German culture, and one of the most striking examples of his virtues being overshadowed by prejudices. The very notion of Trivialkino acting icons O. W. Fischer as the doomed Bavarian king and Ruth Leuwerik (no matter that she's always fascinating in her many Käutner roles) as Austrian empress Elizabeth seems enough to shut many blinders. Yet neither Visconti nor Hans-Jürgen Syberberg could improve substantially upon the earlier film, outstanding as their Ludwig films may be.