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The Sunday Film: Mayerling

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve
with James Mason, Ava Gardner, James Robertson Justice, Genevieve Page

Frustrated politically by his autocratic father, irritated by his wife and bored by his mistress, Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the Emperor Franz Josef, seems condemned to an arid life until a chance meeting with the innocent, 22-year-old Maria Vetsera sweeps him into a whirlwind of passion and intrigue.
Screenplay by TERENCE YOUNG
Based on the novel Mayerling, historical documentation by CLAUDE ANET and the novel Archduke by MICHAEL ARNOLD Produced by ROBERT DORFMANN
Directed by TERENCE YOUNG . Films: page 9

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
Terence Young
Unknown:
Claude Anet
Unknown:
Michael Arnold
Produced By:
Robert Dorfmann
Archduke Rudolf:
Omar Sharif
Maria Vetsera:
Catherine Deneuve
Emperor Franz Josef:
James Mason
Empress Elisabeth:
Ava Gardner
Prince of Wales:
James Robertson Justice
Countess Larish:
Genevieve Page
Princess Stephanie:
Andrea Parisy
Count Hoyos:
Ivan Desny
Mortitz Szeps:
Maurice Teynag
Baroness Vetsera:
Mony Dalmes
Bratfisch:
null Moustache
Mizzi Kaspar:
Fabienne Dali
Count Karolyi:
Roger Figaut
Source: Radio Times

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