Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924)
- Original title
- Tragödie im Hause Habsburg
- Directed by
- Alexander Korda
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, historical film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This silent film depicts the Mayerling Incident of 1889 where the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire died by suicide. It follows the events leading up to that tragedy. The movie was filmed in Berlin and Vienna.
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What happens
Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (German: Tragödie im Hause Habsburg) is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Alexander Korda and starring María Corda, Kálmán Zátony and Emil Fenyvessy. The film recounts the events of the 1889 Mayerling Incident in which the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire committed suicide. Interior filming was done at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Vienna. The film cost $80,000 to make, but only earned back around half of this at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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I Had a Comrade (1924)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.