Mayerling (1968)
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41% of users liked it
(138 ratings)
This romantic tragedy concerns the Archduke Rudolf (Omar Sharif) and his mistress, the Baroness Maria Vetsera (Catherine Deneuve), and their untimely demise at Mayerling, the sight of the Austrian royal family's hunting lodge. Rudolf verbally spars with his father Emperor Franz-Josef (James… More This romantic tragedy concerns the Archduke Rudolf (Omar Sharif) and his mistress, the Baroness Maria Vetsera (Catherine Deneuve), and their untimely demise at Mayerling, the sight of the Austrian royal family's hunting lodge. Rudolf verbally spars with his father Emperor Franz-Josef (James Mason) about wanting to implement progressive policies for his country. Ava Gardner plays his mother Empress Elizabeth. Rudolf also contends with the fallout from a loveless marriage with Princess Stephanie (Andrea Parisy). Respectful of the centuries-old Hapsburg family rule over Austria, Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that will not realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales (James Robertson-Justice), later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides the only comic relief with his dialogue. The deaths remain a mystery, but director Terence Young suggests the two lovers made a suicide pact when they decided they could not live in a world without love where the prospects for peace were dubious at best. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Terence Young
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Oct 22, 1968 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Phil Hall, Film Snobbery
Visually opulent but emotionally inert.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Mostly a pretty bore -- enlivened by bizarre casting and amusingly stilted dialogue.
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Cast
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Omar Sharif
as Crown Prince Rudolf
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Catherine Deneuve
as Maria Vetsera
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James Mason
as Emperor Franz Josef
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Ava Gardner
as Empress Elizabeth
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James Robertson Justice
as Prince Of Wales
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Geneviève Page
as Countess Larisch
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Andréa Parisy
as Princess Stephanie
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Ivan Desny
as Count Josef Hoyos
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Fabienne Dali
as Mizzi Kaspar
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Jean-Claude Bercq
as Duke Michael of Braganza
- Jacques Ciron
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Bernard Lajarrige
as Loschek
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Charles Millot
as Count Taafe
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Moustache
as Bratfisch
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Roger Pigaut
as Count Karolyi
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Jean-Michel Rouziere
as Police Superintendent
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Alain Saury
as Baltazzi
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Maurice Teynac
as Mortiz Szeps
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Véronique Vendell
as Lisi Stockau
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Howard Vernon
as Prince Montenuevo
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Irene von Meyendorf
as Countess Stockau
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Jacques Berthier
as Prince John Salvator
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Roger Lumont
as Inspector Losch
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Jacques Dorfmann
as Rioting Student
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Mony Dalmes
as Baroness Helen Vetsera
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Stuart Anthony
as Head Gardener
