The Secret of Mayerling
| Le Secret de Mayerling | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jean Delannoy |
| Written by | Jacques Rémy |
| Produced by | Claude Dolbert Jean Velter |
| Starring | Jean Marais Dominique Blanchar Jean Debucourt |
| Cinematography | Robert Lefebvre |
| Edited by | James Cuenet |
| Music by | Louis Beydts |
| Distributed by | Les Films Marceau |
Release date | 7 May 1949 (France) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,430,628 admissions (France)[1] |
Le secret de Mayerling is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt.[2] It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident when the crown prince of the Austrian Empire was found having apparently committed suicide with his lover.
Cast
- Jean Marais: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
- Dominique Blanchar: Baroness Mary Vetsera
- Jean Debucourt: Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
- Claude Farell: Countess Larisch
- Silvia Monfort: Archduchess Stéphanie
- Jane Marken: Baroness Vetsera
- Marguerite Jamois: Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Denise Benoît: Anna Vetsera
- Madeleine Foujane: the German ambassador
References
- ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49861
External links
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Categories:
- 1949 films
- French films
- French drama films
- French historical films
- 1940s drama films
- 1940s historical films
- French-language films
- Films directed by Jean Delannoy
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
- Films set in Vienna
- Films set in 1889
- Biographical films about Austrian royalty
- Cultural depictions of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria
- Cultural depictions of Franz Joseph I of Austria
- 1940s French film stubs
- French black-and-white films