De Mayerling à Sarajevo (Film 1940)

De Mayerling à Sarajevo is a 1940 French historical film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge and Aimé Clariond. Audio in French with English subtitles.

Beginning in the aftermath of the Mayerling Incident, the film portrays the love affair and marriage between Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, leading up to their eventual assassination in 1914 in events that triggered the First World War.

Cast & Characters:
Edwige Feuillère as la comtesse Sophie Chotek
John Lodge as l'archiduc François-Ferdinand
Aimé Clariond as le prince de Montenuovo
Jean Worms as l'empereur François-Joseph
Gilbert Gil as Gavrilo Princip
Jean Debucourt as Janatschek
Raymond Aimos as le valet de François-Ferdinand
Gabrielle Dorziat as l'archiduchesse Marie-Thérèse
Henri Bosc as l'ambassadeur de Serbie
Gaston Dubosc as le comte Chotek
Marcel André as l'archiduc Frédéric
Colette Régis as l'archiduchesse Isabelle
Jacqueline Marsan as une jeune archiduchesse
William Aguet as le chambellan