Tragedy in the House of Habsburg

Tragedy in the House of Habsburg
Directed by	Alexander Korda
Written by	Lajos Bíró
Produced by	Alexander Korda
Starring	María Corda Kálmán Zátony Emil Fenyvessy Werner Schott
Cinematography	Nicolas Farkas
Edited by	Karl Hartl
Production company	Korda Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	30 May 1924
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (German: Tragödie im Hause 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.

Cast

• María Corda as Baroness Vetsera
• Kálmán Zátony as Crown Prince Rudolf
• Emil Fenyvessy as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
• Werner Schott as Lieutenant Corradini
• Arthur Bergen
• Hans Brausewetter
• Friedrich Kayßler
• Louis Ralph
• Mathilde Sussin
• Jakob Tiedtke
• Ferdinand von Alten

Bibliography

• Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.

External links

• Tragedy in the House of Habsburg at IMDb