De Mayerling a Sarajevo (1940)
Julio de 1914, atentado de Sarajevo. Francisco Fernando de Austria, heredero del Imperio austrohúngaro, se enamoró de Sophie Chotek, una condesa checa. Las ideas políticas del archiduque ya resultaban bastante problemáticas para la familia real, pero este romance con una joven que no pertenecía a la realeza era inadmisible. La Corona, sin embargo, accedió a la unión matrimonial, pero despojando al heredero de sus poderes, que se limitaban a la rutinaria inspección de las tropas. Sophie solicitó permiso para acompañar a su marido en algunos viajes protocolarios. En julio de 1914, de visita en Sarajevo, la real pareja fue víctima de un atentado perpetrado por Princip, un estudiante nacionalista bosnio. Esta fue la causa inmediata de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918).
Directora:
Max Ophüls
Escritores:
Carl Zuckmayer, Marcelle Maurette.
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Edwige Feuillère as Countess Sophie Chotek |
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John Lodge as Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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Aimé Clariond as Prince of Montenuovo |
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Jean Worms as Emperor François Joseph |
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Jean Debucourt as Janatschek |
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Raymond Aimos as Valet of François Ferdinand |
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Gabrielle Dorziat as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse |
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Henri Bosc as Serbian Ambassador |
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Gaston Dubosc as Count Chotek |
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Marcel André as Archduke Frédéric |
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Eddy Debray as |
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Jacques Roussel as |
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Colette Régis as Archduchess Isabelle |
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Sylvain Itkine as |
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Jacqueline Marsan as Young archduchess |
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Henri Beaulieu as |
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William Aguet as Chamberlain (uncredited) |
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Jean Buquet as (uncredited) |
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Monique Clariond as Young archduchess (uncredited) |
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Francine Claudel as (uncredited) |
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Louis Florencie as (uncredited) |
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Georges-François Frontec as (uncredited) |
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Gilbert Gil as Gavrilo Princip (uncredited) |
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Jean-Paul Le Chanois as Gavrilo Princip (uncredited) |
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Geneviève Morel as (uncredited) |
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Primerose Perret as (uncredited) |
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Philippe Richard as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Max Ophüls | Director |
| Writing | Carl Zuckmayer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marcelle Maurette | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jean Faurez | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Assistant Director |
| Production | Edward Halton | Producer |
| Production | Eugène Tucherer | Producer |
| Sound | Oscar Straus | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Curt Courant | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Otto Heller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Myriam Borsoutsky | Editor |
| Editing | Jean Oser | Editor |
| Art | Jean d'Eaubonne | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Boris Bilinsky | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hagop Arakelian | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dupuis | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Curt Alexander | Adaptation |
| Writing | André-Paul Antoine | Dialogue |
| Writing | Marcelle Maurette | Dialogue |
| Writing | Jacques Natanson | Dialogue |