简介：Inthepresentfilm,HelmutBergeragainplaysLudwig.Inthestory,LudwighastravelledfromMunichtoSwitzerlandwithahandsomeactor(MaxTidof)whoispartofhispersonalentourage,inordertohearhimreciteSchiller's"WilliamTell"inanappropriatesetting.Unfortunately,therecitationisadisaster,andtheaestheticmonarchissorelydisappointed.Meanwhile,hissecretaryofstateisdesperatetogethimtopaysomeattentiontomorepracticalmatters.Despiteplentifulallusionsinotherquarterstotheking'shomosexuality,inthisfilmnosuchinferenceorimageryappears.Instead,thekingismaddenedpurelybyanoverstrongattachmenttoexaltedaestheticnotionsandideals.…