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Mayerling

1968

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, at odds with his rigid father the emperor and stifled by a court with no place for his ideals, finds fragile solace in a doomed love affair with a young baroness. A lavish historical romance drawn from a real royal tragedy.

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A drama centered on Crown Prince Rudolf and the Austrian imperial tragedy at Mayerling.

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