Mayerling (1968)

Directed by

Terence Young

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Crown Prince in 1880s Austria falls in love with a young baroness against the wishes of his royal family. Their affair leads to a tragic and infamous incident at a hunting lodge.

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What happens

Mayerling is a 1968 romantic tragedy film starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner, Geneviève Page, James Robertson Justice and Andréa Parisy. It was written and directed by Terence Young. The film was made by Les Films Corona and Winchester and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on the novels Mayerling by French tennis player and writer Claude Anet and L'Archiduc by Michel Arnold and the 1936 film Mayerling, directed by Anatole Litvak, which dealt with the real-life Mayerling incident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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