Ludwig (Luchino Visconti, 1972)

Luchino Visconti (Count don Luchino Visconti di Modrone) was a film director, true, but he was also a nobleman and a grand patron of traditional European culture: opera, art, music, crafts and literature. These interests enliven many of his films, but few have been so inspired as the four-hour epic, Ludwig, about the castle-building "mad king" of Bavaria. This long film, made very near the end of Visconti's life, suffers greatly when shortened, as every moment is essential to the story. There are at least four different versions of the film (from just under three hours to over four hours in length); the uncut four-hour version is the most coherent, even though many might find it rather long. The disintegration of aristocratic individuals is a continuing theme of Visconti's, though Ludwig's is the most thorough decay he filmed. The last ruling king of Bavaria (1845-1886) is noted for many things besides his eccentricities: he sold Bavaria to Germany, ending the rule of the Bavarian monarchy; he built amazing castles all over his country (with the proceeds from the sale); and he was Richard Wagner's main sponsor. He was also a notorious recluse, conducting a lifelong platonic love affair with Empress Elizabeth of Austria, and finally succumbing to his adoration of handsome men in a series of outrageous affairs and orgies. His excesses eventually led to his being declared mentally incompetent and being held prisoner in his own castle. The film depicts this incredible life from his coronation at age 19 to his (unproved) assassination well over 20 years later. General Format : AVI Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave Format/Family : RIFF Bit rate : 1493 Kbps Writing application : Nandub v1.0rc2 Writing library : Nandub build 1853/release Video #0 Codec : XviD Codec/Family : MPEG-4 Codec/Info : XviD project Codec profile : Streaming Video Profile/Level 1 Codec settings/PacketBitStream : No Codec settings/BVOP : Yes Codec settings/QPel : No Codec settings/GMC : 0 Codec settings/Matrix : Custom Bit rate : 1297 Kbps Width : 704 pixels Height : 304 pixels Display Aspect ratio : 2.35 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Resolution : 8 bits Chroma : 4:2:0 Interlacement : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.240 StreamSize : 423 MiB Audio #1 (Italian) Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 Bit rate : 91 Kbps Bit rate mode : VBR Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 48 KHz Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize : 29.7 MiB Writing library : LAME3.90. Encoding settings : ABR Audio #2 (German) PlayTime : 45mn 37s Bit rate : 91 Kbps Bit rate mode : VBR Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 48 KHz Resolution : 16 bits StreamSize : 29.6 MiB Writing library : LAME3.90. Encoding settings : ABR Divided in 5 episodes, 2.47 GB total size, total playing time 245 min. IMDB: tt0068883 Italian and German audio, German subpack and English srt subtitles. Ripped by and posted originally at KG by Lucky Luciano, who deserves all credits.

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Rohan151 (2010-12-02)

Why would you seperate this into something like twenty .avi's?

oniscoid (2011-01-03)

@Rohan151 -- if you check the "Files" you'll see it's not divided into 20 avis -- it's divided into 5 avis, as per the description, "Divided in 5 episodes" -- each is approx 500MB, presumably so it can be stored on 5 single CDs

dodgybrewer (2011-01-05)

Thanks Mate! hope it downloads fast!

oostwest (2011-03-23)

Thanks a lot i saw this movie when i was 18 (50 now) one question how can i burn the subtitles with the movie?

d1rty7 (2012-04-11)

zelfde naam als film geven en mee branden

katedmaid (2013-06-27)

THANKS! Now, where to find the English version.