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. The film portrays the tragic 1889 Mayerling Incident, in which Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera committed suicide.
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
Rudolf Prack as Crown Prince Rudolf
Christiane Hörbiger as Baroness Mary Vetsera
Winnie Markus as Countess Larisch
Lil Dagover as Empress Elisabeth
Erik Frey as Emperor Franz Joseph
Attila Hörbiger as , coachman
Adrienne Gessner as
Greta Zimmer as Crown Princess Stephanie
Walter Reyer as Archduke Johann Salvator
Karl Ehmann as , valet
Otto Wögerer as , chief of police
Josef Kahlenberg as Adjutant of the Emperor
C.W. Fernbach as Adjutant of the Crown Prince
Eduard Volters as Baltazzi
Karl Schwetter as Stockau
Gretl Rainer as Agnes
Erich Dörner as A Viennese man
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.