Mayerling is a 1968 romantic tragedy film starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner, Geneviève Page, James Robertson Justice and Andréa Parisy.[2] It was written and directed by Terence Young. The film was made by Les Films Corona and Winchester and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Mayerling
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
Directed by	Terence Young
Screenplay by	Terence Young Denis Cannan (dialogue)
Based on	Claude Anet (novel) Michel Arnold (book L'Archiduc)
Produced by	Robert Dorfmann Maurice Jacquin
Starring	Omar Sharif Catherine Deneuve James Mason Ava Gardner
Cinematography	Henri Alekan
Edited by	Monique Bonnot
Music by	Francis Lai (original) Aram Khachaturian (non-original; Adagio from Spartacus)
Production companies	Associated British Picture (UK) Winchester-Corona Productions (France)
Distributed by	Warner-Pathé (UK) Valoria Films (France) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA)
Release dates	1968 (France, UK)
Running time	140 min
Country	United Kingdom / France
Language	English
Budget	$5,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$14,754,720[1]

It was based on the novels Mayerling by Claude Anet and L'Archiduc by Michel Arnold and the 1936 film Mayerling, directed by Anatole Litvak, which dealt with the real-life Mayerling Incident.

Plot

In the 1880s, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (Sharif) clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (Mason) and his mother Empress Elisabeth (Gardner), over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that does not realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales (Robertson Justice), later to become King Edward VII of Britain, visits Vienna and provides comic relief. Later in Hungary popular revolt broke out, which Rudolf begged his father, Francis Joseph, to tolerate, but to no avail.

Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie (Parisy) by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera (Deneuve). Franz Joseph I sends his son to supervise military training, and further exiles Maria to Venice. When back in Vienna, the couple's mutual untimely death at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery. The film's ending suggests that the two lovers made a suicide pact when they decided they could not live in a world without love, nor prospects for peace.

Cast

• Omar Sharif as Crown Prince Rudolf
• Catherine Deneuve as Baroness Maria Vetsera
• James Mason as Emperor Franz Josef
• Ava Gardner as Empress Elisabeth
• James Robertson Justice as Prince of Wales
• Geneviève Page as Countess Larisch
• Andréa Parisy as Princess Stéphanie
• Ivan Desny as Count Josef Hoyos
• Fabienne Dali as Mizzi Kaspar
• Véronique Vendell as Lisl Stockau
• Howard Vernon as Prince Montenuovo
• Irene von Meyendorf as Countess Stockau
• Mony Dalmes as Baroness Helen Vetsera
• Bernard Lajarrige as Loschek
• 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
• Moustache as Bratfisch
• Roger Lumont as Inspector Losch
• Jacqueline Lavielle as Marinka
• Alain Saury as Baltazzi
• Jean-Claude Bercq as Michel de Bragance
• Jean-Michel Rouzière
• Jacques Ciron
• Liane Daydé
• Friedrich von Ledebur

See also

• Mayerling (1936) feature film directed by Anatole Litvak
• Mayerling (1957) TV film also directed by Litvak

References

External links

• Mayerling at AllMovie
• Mayerling at IMDb
• Mayerling at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

[de] Mayerling (1968)

[ru] Майерлинг (фильм, 1968)