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Mayerling (1936)
Directed by Anatole Litvak
“The real life story of a man who sacrificed his all at the altar of love!”
History, Drama, Romance · 1h 36m
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.
Cast
Charles Boyer
Archduke Rudolf
Danielle Darrieux
Marie Vetsera
Jean Dax
L'empereur François-Joseph
Y
Yolande Laffon
L'archiduchesse Stéphanie
Suzy Prim
La Comtesse Larisch
G
Gina Manès
Marinka
Marthe Régnier
La Baronne Vetsera
Odette Talazac
Marie's Nanny
Nane Germon
Anna Vetsera
Assia Granatouroff
Marie's Cousin
C
Christiane Ribes
Girl
Gabrielle Dorziat
Empress Élisabeth
Crew
- Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Screenplay
- Marcel Achard
- Novel
- Claude Anet
- Director of Photography
- Armand Thirard, Jean Isnard
- Original Music Composer
- Hans May, Arthur Honegger
- Editor
- Henri Rust
- Producer
- Seymour Nebenzal
Details
- Release date
- 1936-01-31
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- History, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Nero-Film AG, Mercury Films