Sarajevo (1940 French film)

Sarajevo
Directed by	Max Ophüls
Written by	Carl Zuckmayer Marcelle Maurette Curt Alexander André-Paul Antoine Jacques Natanson
Produced by	Edward Halton Eugène Tucherer
Starring	Edwige Feuillère John Lodge Aimé Clariond Jean Worms
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	1 May 1940 (1940-05-01)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Sarajevo (French:De Mayerling à Sarajevo) is a 1940 French historical 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. Following the German occupation of France the film was banned, and Ophüls fled into exile for the second time.

Partial cast

• Edwige Feuillère as la comtesse Sophie Chotek
• John Lodge as l'archiduc François-Ferdinand
• Aimé Clariond as le prince de Montenuovo
• Jean Worms as l'empereur François-Joseph
• Gilbert Gil as Gavrilo Princip
• Jean Debucourt as Janatschek
• Raymond Aimos as le valet de François-Ferdinand
• Gabrielle Dorziat as l'archiduchesse Marie-Thérèse
• Henri Bosc as l'ambassadeur de Serbie
• Gaston Dubosc as le comte Chotek
• Marcel André as l'archiduc Frédéric
• Colette Régis as l'archiduchesse Isabelle
• Jacqueline Marsan as une jeune archiduchesse
• William Aguet as le chambellan

Bibliography

• Williams, Alan Larson. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.

External links

• Sarajevo at IMDb