Movie: "Kronprinz Rudolf"
| Release Date: | Jan 2006 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Biography / Romance / History |
| Awards | 1 win |
| Runtime: | 180 min. |
| Cast: | Max von Thun (Rudolf), Vittoria Puccini (Mary Vetsera), Caroline Athanasiadis (Female Opera Singer), Gabriel Barylli (Miguel de Braganza) Wolfgang Böck (Bratfisch) Klaus Maria Brandauer (Emperor Franz-Joseph) Renate Brandtner (Gisela) Andrew Burey (Albrecht) Sandra Ceccarelli (Empress Elisabeth 'Sisi') Julia Cencig (Marie Larisch) Christian Clavier (Prime Minister Taaffe) Hilde Dalik (Anna (at Madame Wolf's)) Stefanie Dvorak (Ida Ferenczy) Saskia Fanta (Maid Erna) Manfred Feller (Petitioner) Albert Fortell (Dr. Widerhofer) Rainer Frieb (Sarah's father) Michael Friedl (Jewish Boy #2) Michou Friesz (Madame Wolf) Phillippa Galli (Hanna Vetsera (adult) (as Pippa Galli)) Daniela Golpashin (Stephanie) Georg Hauke (Reuss) Veronika Hepperle (Mary Vetsera (child)) Wolfgang Hübsch (Archbishop Schwarzenberg) Julia Jentsch (Sarah Maisel) Bernd Jeschek (Count Hoyos) Christian Kainradl (Commanding Hungarian Officer) Fritz Karl (Archduke Johann) Georges Kern (Schönerer) Karl Maria Kinsky (Brehm) Michael König (Georges Clemenceau) Hubert Kramar (Bay Middleton) Thomas Kratochvil (Valérie's Fiancé) Joachim Król (Moritz Szeps) Karl Markovics (Bombelles) Roman Martin (Johann Strauss) Birgit Minichmayr (Mizzi Kaspar) Lily Moshen (Valérie (adult)) David Oberkogler (Canon's Servant) Maxi Österreicher (Jewish Boy #1) Michael Ostrowski (Count Pista Karolyi) Nikolaus Paryla (Loschek) Adolf Peischl (Archbishop) Kimberley Petzl (Valerie (child)) Lothar Michael Proksch (King Leopold II) Stefan Puntigam (Bohumil) Lea Rometsch (Erzsi) Kimberly Rydel (Hanna Vetsera (child)) Robert Sadil (Official) Heribert Sasse (Krauss) Balazs Schallenberg (Hungarian Officer) Steven Scheschareg (Male Opera Singer) Sabina Schreib (Mary's Maid) Roland Schröck (Leopold of Bavaria) Dagmar Schwarz (Nun) Omar Sharif (Hans Canon) Marcus Siebert (Willigut) Johannes Silberschneider (Meissner) Robert Stadlober (Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany) Otto Tausig (Capucin Monk) Gudrun Tielsch (Susi (at Madame Wolf's)) Peter Traxler (Tailor) Alexandra Vandernoot (Helene Vetsera) Christoph von Friedl (Demonstrator) Francesca von Habsburg (Queen Marie-Henriette) Lukas Weinfurter (Small boy) Lena Wiesbauer (Maid) Peter Woy (Coburg) Christoph Zadra (Event Producer) |
Storyline: A great Empire, once famous for its enlightened traditions, is taken over by a ruthless political establishment. Religious fundamentalists and national separatists are tearing at the fabric of its liberal society. Under the influence of his conservative advisors, the Emperor fails to initiate the reforms that could save the Empire from annihilation. One man alone can avert the cataclysm to come. The year is 1888 and the 600 year-old Empire of Austria-Hungary is at a cross-road of history. Crown-Prince Rudolf, son of fabled Empress Sisi, the most beautiful woman of her time, is the man with the vision and the ability to lead his Empire into the 20th century. Yet his enemies, the all powerful Prime Minister first and foremost, scheme to isolate Rudolf from his father and from access to power. Against the backdrop of one of the most dangerous, exciting and colorful periods in history, at the dawn of the modern age, unfolds one of the greatest love-stories ever told, the story of "The Crown Prince and the Baroness". Rudolf, who was forced into an unhappy political marriage at a young age, falls hopelessly in love with 19-year old Baroness Mary Vetsera. Far from the deadly intrigues of the Imperial palace in Vienna, far from Rudolf's increasingly ferocious political battles, they find a place of romance and impenetrable happiness at Rudolf's retreat of Mayerling in the Vienna woods. But theirs is a union that can never be. The Emperor commands Rudolf to never see Mary again. Mary's family is determined to force her into a marriage with an old aristocrat willing to bolster the Vetseras overextended financial resources in exchange for Mary's hand. In a world where love is but another means to an end, where everything is for sale and the few have the power to control the many, Rudolf and his beloved Mary face the ultimate challenge. In an epic story of hope and upheaval, the passion of Rudolf and Mary triumphs when a gilded age comes to an end as they take their lives at Mayerling.
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