Châteaux du ciel

In resonance to the performances of Châteaux du ciel by Marie-Claude Verdier and Claude Poissant at the Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, we present the film by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King, about the same historical figure. Considered the first part of the director's "German trilogy", this epic movie, with its baroque scenography traces the stormy and tragic destiny of Louis II of Bavaria, an extravagant and spendthrift king who was, among other things, the visionary patron of Richard Wagner.