Mayerling (1968)
No one woman could satisfy him...until he fell in love.
140 min
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
- Release date
- October 31, 1968
- Country of origin
- France, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $5,000,000
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Cast
- Omar Sharif as Archduke Rudolf
- Catherine Deneuve as Maria Vetsera
- James Mason as Emperor Franz-Josef
- Ava Gardner as Empress Elizabeth
- James Robertson Justice as Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
- Geneviève Page as Countess Larish
- Andréa Parisy as Princess Stephanie
- Ivan Desny as Count Hoyos
- Fabienne Dali as Mizzi Kaspar
- Véronique Vendell as Lisi Stockau
- Howard Vernon as Prince of Montenuovo
- Irene von Meyendorff as Countess Stockau
- Mony Dalmès as Baroness Vetsera
- Maurice Teynac as Moritz Szeps
- Charles Millot as Count Taafe
- Jacques Berthier as Archduke Jean Salvator
- Roger Pigaut as Count Karolyi
- Lyne Chardonnet as Hannah Vetsera
- Bernard Lajarrige as Loschek
- Moustache
- Roger Lumont
- Jacques Ciron
- Jean-Claude Bercq
Crew
- Terence Young · Director
- Terence Young · Writer
- Denis Cannan · Writer
- Claude Anet · Writer
- Michel Arnold · Writer
- Robert Dorfmann · Producer
- Francis Lai · Composer
- Henri Alekan · Cinematographer
- Georges Wakhévitch · Production designer