Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (1955 film)

Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love
Directed by	Rudolf Jugert
Written by	Erna Fentsch
Produced by	Herbert Gruber
Starring	Rudolf Prack Christiane Hörbiger Winnie Markus
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Herma Sandtner
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production companies	Lux Film Sascha Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film Sascha-Film
Release date	28 February 1956
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

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. 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 at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.

Cast

• Rudolf Prack as Kronprinz Rudolf
• Christiane Hörbiger as Baroneß Mary Vetsera
• Winnie Markus as Gräfin Larisch
• Lil Dagover as Kaiserin Elisabeth
• Erik Frey as Kaiser Franz Joseph
• Attila Hörbiger as Bratfisch, der Kutscher
• Adrienne Gessner as Baronin Vetsera
• Greta Zimmer as Kronprinzessin Stephanie
• Walter Reyer as Erzherzog Johann Salvator
• Karl Ehmann as Loschek, Diener
• Otto Wögerer as Krauß, Polizeipräsident
• Josef Kahlenberg as Adjutant des Kaisers
• C.W. Fernbach as Adjutant des Kronprinzen
• Eduard Volters as Baltazzi
• Karl Schwetter as Stockau
• Gretl Rainer as Agnes
• Erich Dörner as Ein Wiener

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