Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (German: Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe/Mayerling) is a 1955 Austrian historical drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Rudolf Prack, Christiane Hörbiger and Winnie Markus.[1] The film portrays the tragic 1889 Mayerling Incident, in which Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera committed suicide.

Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love
Directed by	Rudolf Jugert
Written by	Erna Fentsch
Produced by	Herbert Gruber
Starring	Rudolf Prack Christiane Hörbiger Winnie Markus
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Herma Sandtner
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production companies	Lux Film Sascha Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film Sascha-Film
Release date	28 February 1956
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The film was shot in Agfacolor, with sets designed by Alexander Sawczynski and Werner Schlichting. It was made at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.

Cast

• Rudolf Prack as Crown Prince Rudolf
• Christiane Hörbiger as Baroness Mary Vetsera
• Winnie Markus as Countess Larisch
• Lil Dagover as Empress Elisabeth
• Erik Frey as Emperor Franz Joseph
• Attila Hörbiger as Josef Bratfisch [de], coachman
• Adrienne Gessner as Baroness Helene Vetsera [de]
• Greta Zimmer as Crown Princess Stephanie
• Walter Reyer as Archduke Johann Salvator
• Karl Ehmann as Johann Loschek [de], valet
• Otto Wögerer as Krauß [de], chief of police
• Josef Kahlenberg as Adjutant of the Emperor
• C.W. Fernbach as Adjutant of the Crown Prince
• Eduard Volters as Baltazzi
• Karl Schwetter as Stockau
• Gretl Rainer as Agnes
• Erich Dörner as A Viennese man

References

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love at IMDb

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