Ludwig II

Movie Poster

Country	Germany
Directed by	Peter Sehr
Release Date	December 26, 2012
Language	German

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Ludwig II.	Sabin Tambrea
Empress Elisabeth of Austria	Hannah Herzsprung
Richard Wagner	Edgar Selge
Prince Otto	Tom Schilling
Johann von Lutz	Justus von Dohnányi
Prince Luitpold	Uwe Ochsenknecht
Napoleon III	Christophe Malavoy

Ludwig II is a 2012 German movie directed by Peter Sehr about the Ludwig II Swan King of Bavaria. Ludwig II (Sabin Tambrea), dreams of a better world at a young age. The highly gifted soul of the artist believes in the refinement of people through art and music. He wants to substitute musical instruction for the people in the place of the military service and uses his power and the money of the state to implement his high ideals of education and culture. But the world around him keeps turning normally and the kingdom is threatened from the outside by wars with Prussia and France. In domestic politics, the minister's ally against the king and his plans. Even in love, Ludwig fails, because the relationship with his fiancée Sophie (Paula Beer) does not go beyond friendship. Deeply distraught, he withdraws from the political public and flees from the bitter reality, until he dies under unexplained circumstances.

The following weapons were used in the film Ludwig II:

Handguns

Unknown Pistol

Richard Hornig (Friedrich Mücke) fires an unknown pistol after the defeat of Bavaria during the Austro-Prussian War.

He fires the pistol.

Rifles

Jäger-Dornbüchse M1854/58

Bavarian soldiers are seen with Austrian Lorenz Jäger-Dornbüchsen M1854/58 carbines.

Lorenz M1854 Short Infantry Rifle - 13.9mm

Bavarian soldiers holding their carbines.

A cadet holding the carbine at the right.

Several carbines during the demonstration.

The muzzle of the carbine at the right of Lorenz Mayr (Samuel Finzi).

Dreyse Infanteriegewehr M1841

The Dreyse Infantry Rifle M1841 is seen used by Bavarian soldiers during the demonstration of the Wunderwaffe of the Prussian Army. Prince Otto (Tom Schilling) takes a rifle from a soldier and fires the Dreyse, too. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (Uwe Ochsenknecht) says about these weapons "This Needle Gun is a stroke of genius. Even on thousand steps, you can still hit the enemy in the heart. PENG, and quickly charged again and PENG!" Maximilian II (Axel Milberg) wants to buy this rifle but after his dead Ludwig decides not to equipped this rifle to his troops.

Dreyse Infanteriegewehr M1841 - 15.4mm

Three Dreyse at the right.

Bavarian soldiers aiming their rifles.

Prince Otto also takes aim.

Mauser Schebenbüchse Rifle

Johann von Lutz (Justus von Dohnányi) and Otto von Bismarck (Bernd Birkhahn) uses a bolt action rifles during the hunting. They appears to be a Mauser Scheibenbüchse, bolt-action target rifle based on Mauser Gewehr 1871 system. Bismarck's rifle has a turned-down bolt handle.

Mauser Schebenbüchse target rifle - 9.3x57R

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Von Lutz fires the rifle.

Von Bismarck takes the rifle.

The rifle over his shoulder.

Werndl M1873/77

Bavarian police and Ludwig's guard using Werndl M1873/77 rifles. These Austrian rifles may stand for correct Bavarian Werder-Gendarmerie-Gewehr M/1869/1873.