The Secret of Mayerling (French: Le secret de Mayerling) is a 1949 French Historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar and Jean Debucourt.BFI.org It set around the 1889 Mayerling Incident when the crown prince of the Austrian Empire was found having apparently committed suicide with his lover.
It was shot at the Epinay Studios with sets designed by the art director Raymond Druart.
Exterior shots were filmed in the Munster Valley between Kastelberg and Schnepfenried, including in Mittlach (Haut-Rhin), from September 1948 to April 1949.
It was a commercial success in France and other European countries, including in West Germany where it was released by Constantin Film.
Cast Jean Marais as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria Dominique Blanchar as Baroness Mary Vetsera Jean Debucourt as Emperor Franz Joseph Claude Farell as Countess Larisch Silvia Monfort as Archduchess Stéphanie Jane Marken as Baroness Vetsera Marguerite Jamois as Empress Elisabeth Denise Benoît as Anna Vetsera Madeleine Foujane as the German ambassador Michel Vitold as Archduke Jean-Salvator Jacques Dacqmine as Archduke François-Ferdinand Jean Toulout as Count Taaffe Raphaël Patorni as Count Hoyos François Richard as Prince of Saxe-Cobourg André Carnège as doctor Charles Lemontier as Loschek Jean Aymé as Nuncio Andrews Engelmann as the Killer
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