 | Kronprinz Rudolf | HDD0295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Genres:DramaRomance Biography History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.Cast:
 Max von Thun Rudolf |  Vittoria Puccini Mary Vetsera |  Caroline Athanasiadis Female Opera Singer |  Gabriel Barylli Miguel de Braganza |  Klaus Maria Brandauer Emperor Franz-Joseph |
 Renate Brandtner Gisela |  Andrew Burey Albrecht |  Wolfgang Böck Bratfisch |  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 |
 Hubert Kramar Bay Middleton |  Thomas Kratochvil Valérie's Fiancé |  Joachim Król Moritz Szeps |  Michael König Georges Clemenceau |  Karl Markovics Bombelles |
 Roman Martin Johann Strauss |  Birgit Minichmayr Mizzi Kaspar |  Lily Moshen Valérie (adult) |  David Oberkogler Canon's Servant |  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 |  Roswitha Straka Formation Dancer |  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 |  Maxi Österreicher Jewish Boy #1 |
