Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
as Baroness Mary Vetsera
as Franz Joseph I of Austria
as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
as Prince of Wales
as Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
as Princess Stéphanie
as Count Josef Hoyos
as Mizzi Kaspar
as Lisi Stockau
as Prince of Montenuovo
as Countess Stockau
as Baroness Helen Vetsera
as Moritz Szeps
as Count Taafe
as Archduke Jean Salvator
as Count Karolyi
as Hannah Vetsera
as Loschek
as Marinka
