Mayerling

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James Mason, Catherine Deneuve, Ava Gardner, and Omar Sharif in Mayerling (1968)

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Inspiré des événements de la vie réelle qui ont conduit à la mort tragique du prince héritier Rodolphe d'Autriche et de sa maîtresse, la baronne Mary Vetsera.Inspiré des événements de la vie réelle qui ont conduit à la mort tragique du prince héritier Rodolphe d'Autriche et de sa maîtresse, la baronne Mary Vetsera.Inspiré des événements de la vie réelle qui ont conduit à la mort tragique du prince héritier Rodolphe d'Autriche et de sa maîtresse, la baronne Mary Vetsera.

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6,1/10

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Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Although she plays his mother, Ava Gardner is only nine years older than Omar Sharif.

Gaffes
The Prince of Wales says that Queen Victoria is aged "85 " when she only lived till she was 81 when she died in 1901. She was aged 69 at the times of the events in this movie.

Citations
Archduke Rudolf: Last night at the Court ball, a dark Polish woman, the only one there of interest to me, I asked you to present her. Later I found out that I had already been to bed with her.

Crédits fous
The opening credits appear against of a colour-changing background of glass frosted with ice flowers. At times, the ice is cleared, as though by a warm breath, and reveals the double-headed eagle of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

Versions alternatives
There are 2 versions of this movie released on 2 DVD by Studio Canal France : The International Version and the French Version. Many scenes when Omar Shariff and Catherine Deneuve are together have been filmed twice, once in English and once in French. The editing and the running time is different.

Connexions
Featured in Vienna: The Years Remembered (1968)

Bandes originales
Morgenblaetter (Morning Paper)
Composed by Johann Strauss

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Commentaire à la une

5/10

Better watch the 1936 version

Mayerling is supposed to be a story of love and passion set in the backdrop of political turmoil in the austro-hungarian empire. The problem is there is very little passion in this movie. Catherine Deneuve, which I usually love, and Omar Sharif give such wooden performances that it is hard to imagine they would die of love. Ava Gardner is about as bad and James Mason does hardly better. Only James Robertson Justice and Genevieve Page seem to believe in what they are doing.

As far as the political story, you will not know very much more of the state of the empire after seing the movie. Characters drop by Omar Sharif once a while without enlightening us very much about their problems and goals. The only redeeming values are production values which are quite good. Better watch the original French movie with Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux.