Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
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Omar Sharif as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Catherine Deneuve as Baroness Mary Vetsera
James Mason as Franz Joseph I of Austria
Ava Gardner as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
James Robertson Justice as Prince of Wales
Geneviève Page as Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
Andréa Parisy as Princess Stéphanie
Ivan Desny as Count Josef Hoyos
Fabienne Dali as Mizzi Kaspar
Véronique Vendell as Lisi Stockau
Howard Vernon as Prince of Montenuovo
Irene von Meyendorff as Countess Stockau
Mony Dalmès as Baroness Helen Vetsera
Maurice Teynac as Moritz Szeps
Charles Millot as Count Taafe
Jacques Berthier as Archduke Jean Salvator
Roger Pigaut as Count Karolyi
Lyne Chardonnet as Hannah Vetsera
Bernard Lajarrige as Loschek
Jacqueline Lavielle as Marinka
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