Tragedy in the House of Habsburg

Tragedy in the House of Habsburg
Directed by Alexander Korda
Produced by Alexander Korda
Written by Lajos Bíró
Starring María Corda
Kálmán Zátony
Emil Fenyvessy
Werner Schott
Cinematography Nicolas Farkas
Edited by Karl Hartl
Production
company
Korda Film
Distributed by UFA
Release dates
30 May 1924
Country Germany
Language Silent
German intertitles

Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (German: Tragödie im Hause Habsburg) is a 1924 German silent historical film directed by Alexander Korda and starring María Corda, Kálmán Zátony and Emil Fenyvessy. The film recounts the events of the 1889 Mayerling Incident in which the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire committed suicide. Studio filming was done in Berlin with location shooting in Vienna. The film cost $80,000 to make, but only earned back around half of this at the box office.[1]

Cast

References

  1. Kulik p.39

Bibliography

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