Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love (1955 film)

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.[1] The film portrays the tragic 1889 Mayerling Incident, in which Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera committed suicide.

Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love
Directed byRudolf Jugert
Written byErna Fentsch
Produced byHerbert Gruber
Starring
CinematographyGünther Anders
Edited byHerma Sandtner
Music byWilly Schmidt-Gentner
Production
companies
Distributed byConstantin Film
Sascha-Film
Release date
28 February 1956
Running time
99 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

The film was shot in Agfacolor, with sets designed by Alexander Sawczynski and Werner Schlichting. It was made at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.

Cast

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.374

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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