Minor Characters in Universal Monsters - Ludwig (Frankenstein)

Ludwig (Frankenstein)

Ludwig is the father of Maria, a woodcutter who lived in the town of Goldstadt. He appears in both Frankenstein, where he is played by Michael Mark, and its sequel, Bride of Frankenstein, where he is played by Reginald Barlow. In the latter film he is strangely referred to as Hans. Presumably this was to avoid confusion with another character named Ludwig (see below), who assisted Dr. Pretorius.

In Frankenstein, after finding his daughter Maria drowned, Ludwig blamed the Frankenstein Monster and, along with Henry Frankenstein and Burgomaster Vogel, led the angry mob that trapped the Monster in an old windmill.

Even though the mob burned the windmill down, Ludwig refused to rest until he saw the Monster's dead body. He ended up falling down into the flooded basement of the mill, where he encountered the still-living Monster. The Monster then killed Ludwig by drowning him.