Mayerling (1968)


Mayerling
Release Date22 October 1968
Budget$5,000,000
GenreDrama, History, Romance
CountryFrance
UK
Filming LocationsStudios de Boulogne-Billancourt/SFP - 2 rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono, 70 mm 6-Track
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPeriod Film, Melodrama, Romantic Drama, Biopic [feature]
ThemesStar-Crossed Lovers, Dying Young, Suicide
TonesBittersweet, Melancholy, Sentimental, Somber
TagsAristocrat, Class Consciousness, Commoner, Conflict, Crown, Daughter, Defiance, Demonstration [political], Disapproval, Drugs, Extramarital Affair, Family, Father, Forbidden, Forbidden Love, History, Hunting, Inspection, Liberation, Lodge, Love, Lover, Marriage, Marriage Arranged, Marriage Problems, Meeting, Mother, Nouveau Riche, Plans, Prince, Rebel, Revolution, Romance, Social Classes, Son, Student, Suffering, Suicide, Tourist, Weapons

Mayerling is a 1968 romantic tragedy film starring Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner, Geneviève Page, James Robertson Justice and Andréa Parisy. It was written and directed by Terence Young. The film was made by Les Films Corona and Winchester and distributed by MGM.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Archduke Rudolf

Maria Vetsera

Emperor Franz-Josef

Prince of Wales

Countess Larish

Andréa Parisy
Princess Stephanie

Ivan Desny
Count Hoyos

Maurice Teynac
Moritz Szeps

Mony Dalmès
Baroness Vetsera

Moustache
Bratfisch

Fabienne Dali
Mizzi Kaspar

Roger Pigaut
Count Karolyi

Bernard La Jarrige
Loschek

Véronique Vendell
Lisl Stockau

Jacques Berthier
Prince Salvator

Charles Millot
Count Taafe

Lyne Chardonnet
Hanna Vetsera

Jacqueline Lavielle
Marinka

Roger Lumont
Inspector Losch

Jean-Michel Rouzière
Police superintendent

Countess Stockau

Jean-Claude Bercq
Duke Michael of Braganza

Alain Saury
Baltazzi

Claude Giraud
Grand Ballet Classique De France

Liane Daydé
Giselle - in ballet

Yevgeniya Melnikova
The Queen of Wilis - in ballet

Jimmy Urbain
Albrecht

Jacques Dorfmann
Rioting student

Anny Nelsen
-

Béatrice Romand
Uncredited

Anthony Stuart
Head gardener

Prince Montenuevo

Friedrich von Ledebur
Hofmarschall

Director

Terence Young
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Producer

Claude Anet
novel "Mayerling" and historical documentation

Michel Arnold
novel "The Archduke"

Denis Cannan
additional dialogue

Joseph Kessel
additional dialogue

Terence Young
screenplay

Robert Dorfmann
producer

Maurice Jacquin
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Henri Alekan

Editor

Monique Bonnot
-

Production Designer

Georges Wakhévitch

Art Director

Maurice Colasson
-

Tony Roman
-

Costume Designer

Marcel Escoffier
-

Makeup Department

Odette Berroyer
makeup artist

Roger Chanteau
makeup artist

Simone Knapp
hair stylist

Marie-Madeleine Paris
makeup artist

Alaine Scemama
hair stylist

Production Manager

Hugo Benedek
production manager

Mickey Delamar
production supervisor

Clo D'Olban
unit manager

Paul Dufour
unit manager

Marcel Hellman
executive in charge of production

Georges Vallon
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bernard Farrel
second unit director

Christian Raoux
assistant director

Art Department

Robert Christidès
set dresser

Freda Pearson
set dresser

Sound Department

Jacques Carrère
sound recordist

Joseph De Bretagne
sound recordist

Johnny Dwyre
dubbing editor

Jean Nény
sound mixer

Ben Rayner
sound editor

Len Shilton
sound mixer

Stunts

stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Godfrey A. Godar
camera operator: second unit

Raymond Picon-Borel
camera operator

John Shinerock
camera operator: second unit

Henri Tiquet
camera operator

John Winbolt
camera operator: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Georgette Fillon
wardrobe supervisor

Pierre Nourry
wardrobe supervisor

Jeanne Renucci
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Geneviève Adam
assistant editor

Anne-Marie Datin
assistant editor

Music Department

René-Pierre Chouteau
conductor

Other Crew

Joan Davis
continuity

Betty Elvira
continuity

Jean Fouchet
title designer: main title

Roger Morand
administrator

Beatrice Mosena
choreographer

Juliet Nissen
dialogue director

Eugène Tucherer
deputy producer

Friedrich von Ledebur
horse master

Production Company

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Les Films Corona

Winchester Productions Ltd.

Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

ClassicLine

Lumiere Pictures

Valoria Films

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video

Warner-Pathé Distributors

Miscellaneous

Editions Eden Roc
music

Grand Ballet Classique De France
ballet

Orchestre Philharmonique De L'Ile De France
orchestra






Navigation Boxes
The films of Terence Young
Bloodline (1979)
Cold Sweat (1970)
Dr. No (1962)
Inchon (1981)
Mayerling
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Red Sun (1971)
That Lady (1955)
The Fugitive (1939)
The Klansman (1974)
Thunderball (1965)
Triple Cross (1966)
Woman Hater (1948)
Zarak (1956)