在这部路德维希二世:一位君主的潮起潮落传记/剧情/历史片中,19世纪下半叶,一个风雨飘摇的大时代:德意志面临统一。 此时,古老美丽而富饶的南德意志邦国巴伐利亚却拥有一位生不逢时的浪漫主义君主:路德维希二世。路德维希厌恶战争与政治的丑恶,热爱和平与艺术,试图逆时代潮流而行,以艺术和美来统治自己的国家、给予人民幸福的生活。但现实令他屡屡受挫,就连他的爱情生活也注定是一场悲剧:与之青梅竹马、心心相印的茜茜公主,却早早地成为了奥地利的皇后。最终,路德维希只能在艺术中寻求安慰。他亲自参与设计所建造的童话城堡,比支持瓦格纳音乐剧的创作更为昂贵。最终,路德维希被内阁宣布因患有精神疾病而无行为能力并被囚禁。几天后,在湖中发现了国王和他的医生古登的尸体……(豆瓣字幕翻译2.0小组)
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks comfort in art. But building fairytale castles and an even grander opera for his musical idol Wagner proves so expensive, his cabinet ends up resorting to formally challenging his mental health, plausible as his beloved brother Otto contracted schizophrenia earlier. Tragedy now lurks in Ludwig's prison-castle.
斯人已逝。造夢城堡。