

"No one woman could satisfy him...until he fell in love."
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.
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

Baroness Mary Vetsera

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Prince of Wales

Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich

Princess Stéphanie

Count Josef Hoyos

Mizzi Kaspar

Lisi Stockau

Prince of Montenuovo

Countess Stockau

Baroness Helen Vetsera

Moritz Szeps

Count Taafe

Archduke Jean Salvator

Count Karolyi

Hannah Vetsera

Loschek

Marinka
