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Tragedy in the House of 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.
Original Release
05/30/1924
Cast
Name | Character |
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Emil Fenyvessy | Kaiser Franz Josef |
Kálmán Zátony | Prinz Rudolf |
María Corda | Maria Vetsera |
Arthur Bergen | |
Hans Brausewetter | |
Károly Huszár | |
Friedrich Kayssler | |
Erna Morena | |
Louis Ralph | |
Werner Schott | Corradini |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Emil Fenyvessy | Kaiser Franz Josef |
Kálmán Zátony | Prinz Rudolf |
María Corda | Maria Vetsera |
Arthur Bergen | |
Hans Brausewetter | |
Károly Huszár | |
Friedrich Kayssler | |
Erna Morena | |
Louis Ralph | |
Werner Schott | Corradini |
Mathilde Sussin | |
Jakob Tiedtke | |
Ferdinand von Alten |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alexander Korda | Producer |