The Secret of Mayerling

On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while that of Mary is hastily thrown into the depths of a tomb.

Drama

Jean Marais

(L'archiduc Rodolphe d'Autriche-Hongrie)

Dominique Blanchar

(Marie Vetsera)

Claude Farell

(La comtesse Marie Larisch)

Jean Debucourt

(L'empereur François-Joseph)

Jean Toulout

(Le comte Taafe)

Silvia Monfort

(L'archiduchesse Stéphanie)

Jane Marken

(La baronne Hélène Vetsera)

Jacques Dacqmine

(L'Archiduc François-Ferdinand)

Raphaël Patorni

(Le comte Hoyos)

François Richard

(Le prince de Saxe-Cobourg)

André Carnège

(Le docteur)

Charles Lemontier

(Loschek)

Jean Aymé

(Le nonce)

Andrews Engelmann

(Le tueur)

Marie-Laurence

Denise Benoit

(Anna Vetsera)

Marguerite Jamois

(L'impératrice Elisabeth)

Michel Vitold

(L'archiduc Jean-Salvator)

Guy Henry

Étienne Aubray

((uncredited))

Claude Bertrand

((uncredited))

Simone Barillier

((uncredited))

Michèle Brabo

((uncredited))

Célia Clairet

((uncredited))

Renée Cosima

((uncredited))

Madeleine Foujane

(L'ambassadrice d'Allemagne (uncredited))

Eugène Frouhins

((uncredited))

Toni Grand

((uncredited))

Lucien Guervil

((uncredited))

Pierre Juvenet

(Un chirurgien (uncredited))

Léon Larive

((uncredited))

Georges Lycan

((uncredited))

Léonce

(Un chirurgien (uncredited))

Mag-Avril

((uncredited))

Léo Massart

(L'archiduc Albert (uncredited))

Daniel Mendaille

((uncredited))

Gérard Oury

((uncredited))

Jean Ozenne

((uncredited))

Claude Ruida

((uncredited))

Gabriel Sardet

(L'archiduc Charles-Louis (uncredited))

Victor Tabournot

((uncredited))

Renée Thorel

(Une dame d'honneur (uncredited))

Roger Vincent

(Le sculpteur (uncredited))

Wanny

(Une mondaine (uncredited))

René Worms

((uncredited))