Title: Mayerling (Mayerling)
Release Date: 1968-10-31
IMDB ID: tt0064645
Vote Average: 6.2 (46 votes)
Overview: 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.
Cast: Omar Sharif (Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria), Catherine Deneuve (Baroness Mary Vetsera), James Mason (Franz Joseph I of Austria), Ava Gardner (Empress Elisabeth of Austria), James Robertson Justice (Prince of Wales), Geneviève Page (Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich),
Crew: Terence Young (Director), Claude Anet (Novel), Francis Lai (Original Music Composer), Vic Armstrong (Stunts), Henri Alekan (Director of Photography), John Shinerock (Camera Operator),