Le Secret de Mayerling
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Le secret de Mayerling is a 1949 French
historical drama film
directed by Jean Delannoy
and starring Jean Marais
, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt
. It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident
when the crown prince of the Austrian Empire
was found having apparently committed suicide with his lover.
Cinema of France
The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...
historical drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is from Haute-Normandie in the north of France...
and starring Jean Marais
Jean Marais
-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt was a French film actor. He appeared in 104 films between 1920 and 1958.-Selected filmography:* The Fall of the House of Usher * Mayerling * Devil in the Flesh...
. It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident
Mayerling Incident
The Mayerling Incident refers to the series of events leading to the apparent murder-suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera. Rudolf was the only son of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth, and heir to the throne of the combined...
when the crown prince of the Austrian Empire
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
was found having apparently committed suicide with his lover.
Cast
- Jean MaraisJean Marais-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
- L'archiduc Rodolphe - Dominique Blanchar - Marie Vetsera
- Jean DebucourtJean DebucourtJean Debucourt was a French film actor. He appeared in 104 films between 1920 and 1958.-Selected filmography:* The Fall of the House of Usher * Mayerling * Devil in the Flesh...
- L'empereur François-Joseph - Claude FarellClaude FarellClaude Farell, real name Monika Burg, also known as Paulette Colar, Catherine Farell, Paulette Kolar and Paulette von Suchan was an Austrian actress.-Filmography:*1941 Immer nur du...
- La comtesse Larisch - Silvia MonfortSilvia MonfortSilvia Monfort was a French actress and theatre director. Daughter of the sculptor Charles Favre-Bertin and wife of Pierre Gruneberg....
- L'archiduchesse Stéphanie - Jane MarkenJane MarkenJane Marken was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry....
- Baronne Vetsera - Marguerite Jamois - L'impératrice Elisabeth
- Denise Benoît - Anna Vetsera
- Madeleine Foujane - L'ambassadrice d'Allemagne