The film consists of a monologue performed by Walter Sedlmayr, who plays Theodor Hierneis, the chef at the court of Ludwig II of Bavaria. The screenplay was written by Syberberg and Sedlmayr and is based on the memoirs of Hierneis.

Ludwig
1973
7.4/10

Gilbert
2017
6.7/10

Leberkäsjunkie
2019
6.9/10

John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.9/10

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
6.2/10

Nuremberg
2025
7.4/10

The Current War
2018
6.7/10

Breathe
2017
7.4/10

Mother Night
1996
6.6/10

Copying Beethoven
2006
6.5/10

I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.4/10

Mayerling
1968
6.2/10

The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015
6.8/10

Pope Joan
2009
6.8/10

Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
7.1/10

For the Love of Spock
2016
7.4/10

Jersey Boys
2014
6.7/10

Against the Sun
2014
7.0/10

Amadeus
1984
8.0/10

Richard Jewell
2019
7.4/10
Doctor Bethune
1965
8.5/10