From Mayerling to Sarajevo
by Max Ophuls
Regia
Max Ophuls
Paese
France
Anno
1940
Durata
95’
Durata
95’
Sceneggiatura
Marcelle Maurette, Curt Alexander
Fotografia
Curt Courant, Otto Heller
Montaggio
Myriam Borsoutsky, Jean Oser.
Interpreti
Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge, Aimé Clariond, Jean Worms, Jean Debucourt, Raymond Aimos, Gabrielle Dorziat, Henri Bosc, Gaston Dubosc, Marcel André, Eddy Debray, Jacques Roussel, Colette Régis, Sylvain Itkine, Jacqueline Marsan, Henri Beaulieu
Produzione
Edward Halton, Eugène Tucherer, B.U.P. Française
In the late 1800's, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He's already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas; this love affair with someone not of royal blood breeches protocol. The Crown allows the union only after the couple agrees to a morganatic marriage. The emperor further neutralizes Franz by making him inspector general of the army, sending him afield for months at a time. In June of 1914, fearing for his safety, Sophie seeks permission to accompany Franz to Sarajevo; protocol dictates that no army troops attend Franz while she is present. An assassin strikes. Their deaths spark World War I.
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