Overview - Mayerling

Overview

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.

Cast

• Name: Omar Sharif

  Character: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

  Popularity: 1.8867

  

• Name: Catherine Deneuve

  Character: Baroness Mary Vetsera

  Popularity: 2.0358

  

• Name: James Mason

  Character: Franz Joseph I of Austria

  Popularity: 1.4176

  

• Name: Ava Gardner

  Character: Empress Elisabeth of Austria

  Popularity: 1.0607

  

• Name: James Robertson Justice

  Character: Prince of Wales

  Popularity: 0.7499

  

• Name: Geneviève Page

  Character: Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich

  Popularity: 0.6449

  

• Name: Andréa Parisy

  Character: Princess Stéphanie

  Popularity: 0.4327

  

• Name: Ivan Desny

  Character: Count Josef Hoyos

  Popularity: 0.3278