Tragedy in the House of Habsburg
Appearance
Tragedy in the House of Habsburg | |
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Directed by | Alexander Korda |
Written by | Lajos Bíró |
Produced by | Alexander Korda |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Nicolas Farkas |
Edited by | Karl Hartl |
Production company | Korda Film |
Distributed by | UFA |
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Country | Germany |
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Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (German: Tragödie im Hause Habsburg) is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Alexander Korda and starring María Corda, Kálmán Zátony and Emil Fenyvessy. The film recounts the events of the 1889 Mayerling Incident in which the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire committed suicide. Interior filming was done at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Vienna. The film cost $80,000 to make, but only earned back around half of this at the box office.[1]
Cast
[edit]- María Corda as Baroness Vetsera
- Kálmán Zátony as Crown Prince Rudolf
- Emil Fenyvessy as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
- Werner Schott as Lieutenant Corradini
- Arthur Bergen
- Hans Brausewetter
- Friedrich Kayßler
- Louis Ralph
- Mathilde Sussin
- Jakob Tiedtke
- Ferdinand von Alten
References
[edit]- ^ Kulik p. 39
Bibliography
[edit]- Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.
External links
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Categories:
- 1924 films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German historical drama films
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Alexander Korda
- Films set in Vienna
- Films set in 1889
- 1920s historical drama films
- Films produced by Alexander Korda
- Biographical films about Austrian royalty
- German black-and-white films
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
- Cultural depictions of Franz Joseph I of Austria
- UFA GmbH films
- 1924 drama films
- Films set in Austria-Hungary
- Silent historical drama films
- 1920s German films
- 1920s German-language films
- Films shot at Johannisthal Studios
- 1920s German film stubs
- Historical film stubs