Mayerling 1936

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Mayerling ★★★½ 1936

Considered one of the greatest films about doomed love. Story of the tragic and hopeless affair between Crown Prince Rudolf of Hapsburg and young Baroness Marie Vetsera. Heart wrenching and beautiful, with stupendous acting. Remade in 1968. In French with English subtitles. 95m/B VHS . Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux; D: Anatole Litvak. N.Y. Film Critics ‘37: Foreign Film.

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