Mayerling
2010Edward Watson takes the role of Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan's compelling ballet which lives out the final eight years of Rudolf's life with its relentless downward spiral of political intrigue, drugs and murder. It culminates with the suicide pact at the hunting lodge - known as Mayerling - between Rudolf and his 17-year-old mistress, Mary Vetsera (Mara Galeazzi). Filmed in high definition and recorded in true surround sound.
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Edward Watson
as Prince Rudolf
Mara Galeazzi
as Bareness Mary Vestera
Iohna Loots
as Princess Stephanie
William Tuckett
as Emperor Franz Josef
Cindy Jourdain
as Empress Elisabeth
Sarah Lamb
as Countess Marie Larisch
Elizabeth McGorian
as Baroness Helene Vestera
Steven McRae
as Bratfisch
Ursula Hageli
as Archduchess Sophie
Laura Morera
as Mitzi Caspar
Gary Avis
as Colonel 'Bay' Middleton
Sergei Polunin
as Hungarian Officer #1
Bennet Gartside
as Hungarian Officer #2
Yohei Sasaki
as Hungarian Officer #3
Thomas Whitehead
as Hungarian Officer #4
Elizabeth Sikora
as Katherina Schratt
Paul Stobart
as Pianist
Alastair Marriott
as Count Eduard Taafe
Johannes Stepanek
as Count Hoyos
Romany Pajdak
as Princess Louise
David Pickering
as Prince Philipp of Coburg
Sian Murphy
as Princess Gisela
Francesca Filpi
as Princess Valerie
Leanne Cope
as Princess Valerie as a Child
Mara Galeazzi
as Mary Vestera as a Child
Michael Stojko
as Loschek (Rudof's Valet)
Ernst Meisner
as Count Larisch