Sarajevo (1940 French film)
| Sarajevo | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical film poster | |
| French | De Mayerling à Sarajevo |
| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Edward Halton Eugène Tucherer |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Curt Courant Otto Heller |
| Edited by | Myriam Borsoutsky Jean Oser |
| Music by | Oscar Straus |
Production company | B.U.P. Française |
| Distributed by | Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Sarajevo (French: De Mayerling à Sarajevo) is a 1940 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge and Aimé Clariond. Beginning in the aftermath of the Mayerling Incident, the film portrays the love affair and marriage between Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, leading up to their eventual assassination in 1914 in events that triggered the First World War. The film was not a commercial or critical success.[1] Following the German occupation of France the film was banned, and Ophüls fled into exile for the second time.
Plot[edit]
In the late 1800's, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He's already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas. In addition, a love affair with someone not of royal blood breaches protocol. The Crown allows the union only after the couple agrees to a morganatic marriage. Franz doesn't seem to care about the protocols of the time, provoking the emperor to further neutralize him by demoting him to inspector general of the army. In June 1914, fearing for his safety, Sophie seeks permission to accompany Franz to Sarajevo; protocol dictates that no army troops attend Franz while she is present. An assassin strikes. Their deaths spark World War I.
Partial cast[edit]
- Edwige Feuillère as Countess Sophie Chotek
- John Lodge as l'archiduc François-Ferdinand
- Aimé Clariond as Prince of Montenuovo
- Jean Worms as Emperor François-Joseph
- Gilbert Gil as Gavrilo Princip
- Jean Debucourt as Janatschek
- Raymond Aimos as François-Ferdinand's valet
- Gabrielle Dorziat as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
- Henri Bosc as Serbian ambassador
- Gaston Dubosc as Count Chotek
- Marcel André as Archduke Frédéric
- Colette Régis as Archduchess Isabelle
- Jacqueline Marsan as young archduchess
- William Aguet as chamberlain
References[edit]
- ^ Williams, Alan Larson (1992). Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 211. ISBN 0674762681. OCLC 24106528.
External links[edit]
| Operettas |
|
|---|---|
| Film scores |
|
 | This article related to a French film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1940 films
- French historical drama films
- French black-and-white films
- 1940s historical drama films
- Films directed by Max Ophüls
- Films set in Austria
- Films set in the 1880s
- Films set in the 1890s
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films set in Vienna
- Films set in Sarajevo
- Biographical films about Austrian royalty
- Films scored by Oscar Straus
- Films about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
- Cultural depictions of Franz Joseph I of Austria
- Cultural depictions of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
- Cultural depictions of Gavrilo Princip
- 1940 drama films
- Films set in Austria-Hungary
- 1940s French-language films
- 1940s French films
- 1940s French film stubs