Overview

Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf--desperate over his father's command to put away his teenage mistress, the Baroness Marie Vetsera--shot her to death and killed himself. The misfortune may indeed have been a murder-suicide, but perhaps it was a political assassination, or even the result of a lunatic family vendetta: scholarship is still catching up with the facts.

Cast

Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Raymond Massey, Basil Sydney, Diana Wynyard, Judith Evelyn, Isobel Elsom, Nehemiah Persoff

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What is "Mayerling" about?

Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf--desperate over his father's command to put away his teenage mistress, the Baroness Marie Vetsera--shot her to death and killed himself. The misfortune may indeed have been a murder-suicide, but perhaps it was a political assassination, or even the result of a lunatic family vendetta: scholarship is still catching up with the facts.

When was "Mayerling" released?

Mayerling was released in 1957.

Who stars in "Mayerling"?

The cast includes Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Raymond Massey, Basil Sydney.