Helmut Berger; Ludwig

tribute to Helmut Berger in Visconti's Ludwig, an epic film if there ever was one.
The song used is 'A river flows in you' by Yiruma.

I regard Berger's performance in this film as one of the best ever captured on celluloid.
He blew me away when i first watched it and immediatley i had to watch every other film
of his that i could get my hands on. The film itself is also a masterpiece. Though long, i
find it is never boring. Romy Schneider is also very good in a different reprisal of her 'Sissi'
role.

My top Performances in film (in no order) are:

Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood,
Vincent Cassel in La Haine,
Helmut Berger in Ludwig,
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia,
Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter,
Billy Crudup in Stage Beauty,
Ajay Devgan & Saif Ali Khan in Omkara,
Willem Dafoe in The Last temptation of Christ




Of course, there are many more performances i admire : )

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• helmut berger
• romy schneider
• Ludwig
• Ludwig II
• luchino visconti
• a river flows in you
• helmut berger ludwig

[Cinemadaptation]

This is so far the most beautiful video on Youtube.

[elggoh]

very good :D Helmut is very cute and good actor

[Minuetto87]

sarebbe stato un Heatcliff perfetto, indimenticabile <3

[IluvKenji]

@windstorm1000 whether if it was a straight or gay couple i feel that, if the director is talented enough and the story/actors good enough then the words, looks etc can say much more than a kiss. and, i know you didn't mention sex scenes, but the use of them is often vulgar and uneeded.

[windstorm1000]

@IluvKenji and what about straight couples/movies? yes, I can see your point of view a bit--as a gay man, I personally would have enjoyed a bit more intimacy. And I have to disagree--kissing/hugging (I didn't say sex) would have added something--my opinion vs. yours. a new movie on this great king, I know in my heart, will include more.

[IluvKenji]

@windstorm1000 i know its part of who he was, but kissing etc is not always needed in film to show desire etc. As i see it, i understood Ludwig's homosexual nature the way visconti has chosen to show it. Kissing/sex scenes wouldn't really have added anything, when it is already easy to construe from what is onscreen that these men are wanted by/lovers to Ludwig.

[windstorm1000]

@IluvKenji why not necessary? it was part of who he was---

[IluvKenji]

@windstorm1000 well it is true that there was only one very chaste gay kiss (and that was silhoutted in shadow i think) but it was obvious why he wanted these men around, and his feelings for them. I don't think kissing was necessary?

[windstorm1000]

@IluvKenji You mistconstrued what I was saying. How about kissing a man? His lover? And he had several---I looked in vain for this in the film.

[germmaja]

@sumeragi01 the film is lovely..but Helmut is 65 now..and very grazy..

[IluvKenji]

@windstorm1000 um, visconti's version does not avoid ludwig's gay leanings. just because there wasn't explicit shagging all over the place doesn't mean he avoided it.