Mayerling
Romance
Drama
History
Music
Edward Watson takes the role of Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan's compelling ballet which lives out the final eight years of Rudolf's life with its relentless downward spiral of political intrigue, drugs and murder. It culminates with the suicide pact at the hunting lodge - known as Mayerling - between Rudolf and his 17-year-old mistress, Mary Vetsera (Mara Galeazzi). Filmed in high definition and recorded in true surround sound.
2010-04-06
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Cast
Director
Ross MacGibbon
Edward Watson as Prince Rudolf
Iohna Loots as Princess Stephanie
William Tuckett as Emperor Franz Josef
Cindy Jourdain as Empress Elisabeth
Sarah Lamb as Countess Marie Larisch
Elizabeth McGorian as Baroness Helene Vestera
Steven McRae as Bratfisch
Laura Morera as Mitzi Caspar
Gary Avis as Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Sergei Polunin as Hungarian Officer #1
Bennet Gartside as Hungarian Officer #2
Thomas Whitehead as Hungarian Officer #4
Alastair Marriott as Count Eduard Taafe
Johannes Stepanek as Count Hoyos
Romany Pajdak as Princess Louise
David Pickering as Prince Philipp of Coburg
Leanne Cope as Princess Valerie as a Child