Mayerling

Anatole Litvak

France

1936

91 minutes

Black and White

1.33:1

French

Synopsis

The gorgeous duo of Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux first appeared on-screen together almost twenty years before The Earrings of Madame de . . . , in this sumptuous, tragic romance from Anatole Litvak (The Snake Pit, Anastasia). Mayerling is the profoundly emotional true story of the doomed adulterous affair between Archduke Rudolf, heir to the Austrian throne, and the young and innocent baron’s daughter Marie Vetsera.

Cast

Archduke Rudolf of Austria Charles Boyer
Maria VetseraDanielle Darrieux
Baroness VetseraMarthe Regnier
StephanieYolande Laffon
Countess LarischSuzy Prim
MarinkaGina Manès
Emperor Franz JosephJean Dax
SzepsRené Bergeron

Credits

DirectorAnatole Litvak
ProducerSeymour Nebenzal
Based on the novel Idyll’s End byClaude Anet
ScreenplayJoseph Kessel and Irmand Von Cube
CinematographyArmand Thirard
EditingHenri Rust
MusicArthur Honegger

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