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Mayerling

  • 19681968
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.6K
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James Mason, Catherine Deneuve, Ava Gardner, and Omar Sharif in Mayerling (1968)
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Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Claude Anet(novel "Mayerling" and historical documentation, 1930)
    • Michel Arnold(novel "The Archduke")
    • Denis Cannan(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Omar Sharif
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • James Mason
  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Claude Anet(novel "Mayerling" and historical documentation, 1930)
    • Michel Arnold(novel "The Archduke")
    • Denis Cannan(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Omar Sharif
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • James Mason
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 25User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Catherine Deneuve and Omar Sharif in Mayerling (1968)
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    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    • Archduke Rudolf
    Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine Deneuve
    • Maria Vetsera
    James Mason
    James Mason
    • Emperor Franz-Josef
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Empress Elizabeth
    James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice
    • Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
    Geneviève Page
    Geneviève Page
    • Countess Larish
    • (as Genevieve Page)
    Andréa Parisy
    Andréa Parisy
    • Princess Stephanie
    • (as Andrea Parisy)
    Ivan Desny
    Ivan Desny
    • Count Hoyos
    Maurice Teynac
    • Moritz Szeps
    Mony Dalmès
    • Baroness Vetsera
    • (as Mony Dalmes)
    Moustache
    Moustache
    • Bratfisch
    Fabienne Dali
    Fabienne Dali
    • Mizzi Kaspar
    Roger Pigaut
    Roger Pigaut
    • Count Karolyi
    Bernard Lajarrige
    Bernard Lajarrige
    • Loschek
    Véronique Vendell
    Véronique Vendell
    • Lisl Stockau
    • (as Veronique Vendell)
    Jacques Berthier
    • Prince Salvator
    Charles Millot
    Charles Millot
    • Count Taafe
    Lyne Chardonnet
    • Hanna Vetsera
    • Director
      • Terence Young
    • Writers
      • Claude Anet(novel "Mayerling" and historical documentation, 1930)
      • Michel Arnold(novel "The Archduke")
      • Denis Cannan(additional dialogue)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Although she plays his mother, Ava Gardner is only nine years older than Omar Sharif.
    • Goofs
      When the Empress Elizabeth asks Maria Vetsera her age, she answers "20". She was in fact only 17 when she died a short time later.
    • Quotes

      Archduke Rudolf: Last night at the Court ball, a dark Polish woman, the only one there of interest to me, I asked you to present her. Later I found out that I had already been to bed with her.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits appear against of a colour-changing background of glass frosted with ice flowers. At times, the ice is cleared, as though by a warm breath, and reveals the double-headed eagle of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
    • Alternate versions
      There are 2 versions of this movie released on 2 DVD by Studio Canal France : The International Version and the French Version. Many scenes when Omar Shariff and Catherine Deneuve are together have been filmed twice, once in English and once in French. The editing and the running time is different.
    • Connections
      Featured in Vienna: The Years Remembered (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      Morgenblaetter (Morning Paper)
      Composed by Johann Strauss

    User reviews25

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    NON-FICTION OR OTHERWISE, A LOVELY FILM!
    The dashing Omar Sharif was born to be a crown-prince, or at least look the part to perfection (is he of royal Egyptian blood?), while Catherine Deneuve takes your breath away in every scene she's in, most notably as they watch "Giselle" at the theater. An Oedipus complex is hinted at here, and I suppose not all sons (not even only sons!) kiss their mothers on the lips (or it could be an Austrian thing, who knows?). But given his lifestyle of high living, promiscuity and dalliances with radical politics, coupled by an addiction to morphine and the off-chance of insanity in the blood, I don't think the end was as bittersweet and romantic as the movie portrayed it to be. No doubt the prince was a depressed, politically-impotent man who saw no promise in a future which included a loveless marriage, a domineering father and a mother who was never there--no big deal to most, but this was an only child used to getting his way most of the time. I'm sure Maria Vetsera, practically a child in love for the first time, was only too flattered to have been chosen by the prince to die with him. All in the name of love, of course.
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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1968 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Terence Young's Mayerling
    • Filming locations
      • Vienna, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Winchester Productions
      • Les Films Corona
      • Alexandra Film
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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 20 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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