Mayerling (1936 film)
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| Directed by | Anatole Litvak |
| Produced by | Nero-Film |
| Written by | Claude Anet (book) Joseph Kessel Irma von Cube |
| Starring | Charles Boyer Jean Dax Jean Debucourt Marthe Regnier Danielle Darrieux Suzy Prim |
| Music by | Arthur Honegger |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Editing by | Henri Rust |
| Distributed by | Pax Films |
| Release date(s) | 29 February 1936 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Mayerling is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Seymour Nebenzal from a screenplay by Marcel Achard, Joseph Kessel and Irma von Cube, based on the novel Idol's End by Claude Anet. The film stars Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux with Jean-Louis Barrault, René Bergeron, Jean Davy, Jean Dax, Jean Debucourt and Gabrielle Dorziat. It is based on the real life story of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, his affair with the 17-year old Baroness Maria Vetsera and their tragic end at Mayerling.
The film was remade in English and in color by MGM in 1968. The remake starred Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason and Ava Gardner.
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[edit] Cast
- Charles Boyer as Archduke Rudolph of Austria
- Jean Dax as Emperor Franz Joseph
- Jean Debucourt as Count Taafe
- Marthe Regnier as Baroness Vetsera (Helene)
- Danielle Darrieux as Marie Vetsera
- Suzy Prim as Countess Larisch
- Vladimir Sokoloff as Chief of Police
- Andre Dubosc as Loschek the Valet
- René Bergeron as Szeps
- Gabrielle Dorziat as Empress Elisabeth
- Raymond Aimos
- Gina Manès as Marinka
- Yolande Laffron as Stephanie
[edit] Restoration
Unfortunately, the 1936 film is in dire need of restoration. The video quality is passable, but in 1997, the film was issued on VHS with the soundtrack in appallingly bad condition, rendering the sound close to unlistenable, although it was later shown this way on Turner Classic Movies. Whether or not it is possible to repair this is still unknown.
A restored DVD was issued in the U.S. by The Criterion Collection (Essential Art House) on September 15, 2009.[1]
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