Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (1955 film)
1956 Austrian film
- Rudolf Prack
- Christiane Hörbiger
- Winnie Markus
Production
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Lux Film
Sascha Film
Sascha Film
Sascha-Film
Release date
- 28 February 1956 (1956-02-28)
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Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (German: Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe/Mayerling) is a 1955 Austrian historical drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Rudolf Prack, Christiane Hörbiger and Winnie Markus.[1] The film portrays the tragic 1889 Mayerling Incident, in which Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera committed suicide.
The film was shot in Agfacolor, with sets designed by Alexander Sawczynski and Werner Schlichting. It was made at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.
Cast
- Rudolf Prack as Crown Prince Rudolf
- Christiane Hörbiger as Baroness Mary Vetsera
- Winnie Markus as Countess Larisch
- Lil Dagover as Empress Elisabeth
- Erik Frey as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Attila Hörbiger as Josef Bratfisch [de], coachman
- Adrienne Gessner as Baroness Helene Vetsera [de]
- Greta Zimmer as Crown Princess Stephanie
- Walter Reyer as Archduke Johann Salvator
- Karl Ehmann as Johann Loschek [de], valet
- Otto Wögerer as Krauß [de], chief of police
- Josef Kahlenberg as Adjutant of the Emperor
- C.W. Fernbach as Adjutant of the Crown Prince
- Eduard Volters as Baltazzi
- Karl Schwetter as Stockau
- Gretl Rainer as Agnes
- Erich Dörner as A Viennese man
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.374
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love at IMDb
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The films of Rudolf Jugert
- Film Without a Title (1948)
- Hello, Fraulein! (1949)
- A Day Will Come (1950)
- Illusion in a Minor Key (1952)
- My Name is Niki (1952)
- Nights on the Road (1952)
- A Heart Plays False (1953)
- Jonny Saves Nebrador (1953)
- A Love Story (1954)
- The Great Test (1954)
- Prisoners of Love (1954)
- Roses in Autumn (1955)
- Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (1955)
- Nina (1956)
- A Piece of Heaven (1957)
- The Scarlet Baroness (1959)
- The Young Sinner (1960)
- Satan Tempts with Love (1960)
- Final Destination: Red Lantern (1960)
- Axel Munthe, The Doctor of San Michele (1962)
- Doctor Sibelius (1962)
- The River Line (1964)
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