Mayerling

Episode aired Feb 4, 1957
1h 25m

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5.9/10

155

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Audrey Hepburn in Producers' Showcase (1954)

Comedy Drama Family Musical

Archduke Rudolph, unhappy with his marriage, is a classic drunken womanizing playboy, until he accidentally meets the young Maria Vetsera. The chance meeting blossoms into a clandestine roma... Read allArchduke Rudolph, unhappy with his marriage, is a classic drunken womanizing playboy, until he accidentally meets the young Maria Vetsera. The chance meeting blossoms into a clandestine romance that soon has all of Vienna gossiping.Archduke Rudolph, unhappy with his marriage, is a classic drunken womanizing playboy, until he accidentally meets the young Maria Vetsera. The chance meeting blossoms into a clandestine romance that soon has all of Vienna gossiping.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

155

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Audrey Hepburn's television debut was on the CBS show "We the People" on December 21, 1951 in which she re-enacted her experiences in Arnheim, The Netherlands during WWII; she then appeared in the drama on CBS Television Workshop, "Rainy Day in Paradise Junction" (CBS April 13, 1954)

Goofs
The Vienna giant Ferris wheel is depicted; however, it was not erected until 1897, in celebration of Emperor Franz Joseph's Golden Jubilee, eight years after Crown Prince Rudolph's death.

Alternate versions
A re-edited version of this episode was released theatrically in Europe and thus is often listed among Audrey Hepburn's films.

Soundtracks
Radetzky March, Op. 228
Written by Johann Strauss Sr.

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Featured review

6/10

Beauty and the Bore

Audrey Hepburn is lovely and passionate. Too bad her leading man (and husband of the time) Mel Ferrer is such dead weight. If you've ever seen the awkward, forced, limp love story of STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, then that's what you're in for here, only this story might have had a chance to work had Ferrer actually come off as something other than a spoiled man-child. As it is, the production is lovely by the standards of 1950s TV and Hepburn's fans will appreciate any chance to see her in action-- but otherwise, this is a handsome but forgettable tragedy.