Mayerling

1936

French

7.0

♡ 5

74%

Anatole Litvak Director

Odette Talazac as La nourrice de Marie

Yolande Laffon as L'archiduchesse Stéphanie

Charles Boyer as L'archiduc Rodolphe

Vladimir Sokoloff as Le chef de la police

Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.