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Score: 100%( 1 votes )

Overview: Edward 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.

Cast:

Edward Watson
Prince Rudolf

Mara Galeazzi
Bareness Mary Vestera

Iohna Loots
Princess Stephanie

William Tuckett
Emperor Franz Josef

Cindy Jourdain
Empress Elisabeth

Sarah Lamb
Countess Marie Larisch

Elizabeth McGorian
Baroness Helene Vestera

Steven McRae
Bratfisch

Ursula Hageli
Archduchess Sophie

Laura Morera
Mitzi Caspar

Gary Avis
Colonel 'Bay' Middleton

Sergei Polunin
Hungarian Officer #1

Bennet Gartside
Hungarian Officer #2

Yohei Sasaki
Hungarian Officer #3

Thomas Whitehead
Hungarian Officer #4

Elizabeth Sikora
Katherina Schratt

Paul Stobart
Pianist

Alastair Marriott
Count Eduard Taafe

Johannes Stepanek
Count Hoyos

Romany Pajdak
Princess Louise

David Pickering
Prince Philipp of Coburg

Sian Murphy
Princess Gisela

Francesca Filpi
Princess Valerie

Leanne Cope
Princess Valerie as a Child

Mara Galeazzi
Mary Vestera as a Child

Michael Stojko
Loschek (Rudof's Valet)

Ernst Meisner
Count Larisch