Mayerling
DirectorTerence Young
“No one woman could satisfy him...until he fell in love.”
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.
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Cast
Omar Sharif
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Catherine Deneuve
Baroness Mary Vetsera
James Mason
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Ava Gardner
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
James Robertson Justice
Prince of Wales
Geneviève Page
Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
Andréa Parisy
Princess Stéphanie
Ivan Desny
Count Josef Hoyos
Fabienne Dali
Mizzi Kaspar
Véronique Vendell
Lisi Stockau
Howard Vernon
Prince of Montenuovo
Irene von Meyendorff
Countess Stockau
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