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30 April 2006 (Austria) moreTagline:
Rudolf - The true story of a royal rebel and his tragic love.Plot:
A retelling of the tragic love affair between Austrian Archduke Rudolf and Baroness Mary Vetsera. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
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Il destino di un principe (Italy)Kronprinz Rudolf - Sissis einziger Sohn (Germany) (DVD box title)
Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (Germany)
The Crown Prince (International: English title) (DVD box title)
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Austria:180 min (2 episodes) | Germany:180 min (original length) | Germany:105 min (TV premiere) (heavily cut) | Germany:105 minLanguage:
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This mini TV-serial is a dramatic retelling of the life and death of Kronprinz Rudolf von Habsburg, who committed suicide together with his love, Baroness Mary Vetsera, in the infamous small castle at Mayerling. There have been various films about this subject, even a Hollywood production starring Catherine Deneuve and Omar Sharif as Rudolf, who is also part of this recent production as a painter and friend of Rudolf, but they all stressed the romantic subtext of the events and largely ignored the political and personal conflicts which made Rudolf do what he did. But this new film version of the story really does include quite a lot of Rudolf's personal and political background and in the end portrays him as one of the first to imagine an united and peaceful Europe, an idea his time and age wasn't yet ready for.
Direction and photography of the lavish sets are very well done considering this is just a TV production. The cast consists of mostly well known Austrian or German actors who all do a great job, but also includes Omar Sharif and Sandra Ceccarelli as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who possibly (next to the actor playing Rudolf) gives the best performance of this movie. Being cast as Elisabeth of Austria always involves carrying the heavy burden of Romy Schneider's great performance in Viscontis "Ludwig II", but Ms. Ceccarelli not only has the very well done script which portrays Elisabeth as a multi-faceted person on her side, but also her interesting face and her talent.
All in all it's funny to compare this Austrian TV-event with its recent German counterpart, the mini TV-serial "Störtebeker", which was big fun to watch but not only lacked good direction and photography, but also the depth and talent behind it that "Kronprinz Rudolf" obviously has.