Sarajevo (1940)
- Original title
- De Mayerling à Sarajevo
- Directed by
- Max Ophüls
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 13 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 is a historical drama about the love affair and marriage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie von Chotek. It shows their relationship from after the Mayerling incident to their assassination in Sarajevo.
bittersweetdoomed romancehistorically groundedslow-pacedelegiacformaltragic
What happens
Sarajevo (French: De Mayerling à Sarajevo) is a 1940 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge and Aimé Clariond. Beginning in the aftermath of the Mayerling incident, the film portrays the love affair and marriage between Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, which leads to their eventual assassination in 1914 in events that triggered the First World War. The film was not a commercial or critical success. After the German occupation of France the film was banned, and Ophüls fled into exile for the second time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Mad Empress (1939)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.