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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Classical in form, earnest, grave and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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- Omar SharifRudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
- Catherine DeneuveBaroness Mary Vetsera
- James MasonFranz Joseph I of Austria
- Ava GardnerEmpress Elisabeth of Austria
- James Robertson JusticePrince of Wales
- Geneviève PageCountess Marie Larisch von Moennich
- Andréa ParisyPrincess Stéphanie
- Ivan DesnyCount Josef Hoyos
- Fabienne DaliMizzi Kaspar
- Véronique VendellLisi Stockau
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- Terence YoungDirector
- Terence YoungScreenplay
- Claude AnetNovel
- Michael ArnoldNovel
- Henri AlekanDirector of Photography
- Francis LaiOriginal Music Composer
- Monique BonnotEditor
- Eugène TuchererProducer
- Robert DorfmannProducer
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