Friday, January 29, 2016

January 29 - Mayerling

Today’s movie is a period drama with a scene that happens on January 29. Watch and enjoy this film tonight.

MAYERLING   
           
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria doesn’t get along with his parents or his wife so he has affairs and dabbles in supporting Hungarian revolutionaries.  Then he meets Mary Vetsera. Rudolf entertains Edward the Prince of Wales on a visit. People act to keep Rudolf and Mary apart. His father appoints him inspector general of the armed forces, while her parents send her away. However Rudolf tracks her down in Venice and they consummate their relationship. After the failure of a Hungarian uprising leaves Rudolf implicated and he sees there is no future in his relationship with Mary, he decides on suicide. He and Mary go to his hunting lodge at Mayerling where on January 29, 1889, they have one last night together. [1:59:51 – 2:09:06]. Early the next morning, Rudolf shoots Mary, then himself.      

Producers - Robert Dorfmann and Maurice Jacquin

Director - Terence Young

Screenwriter - Terence Young

Runtime – 2 hours 20 minutes

Released – October 22, 1968

Starring –

Omar Sharif as Crown Prince Rudolf
Catherine Deneuve as Baroness Mary Vetsera
James Mason as Emperor Franz Josef
Ava Gardner as Empress Elisabeth
James Robertson Justice as Edward, 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 Lisi Stockau
Howard Vernon as Alfred, 2nd Prince of 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
Véronique Vendell as Lisl Stockau
Lyne Chardonnet as Hannah Vetsera

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2016

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