Trivia: Ava Gardner plays Empress Elizabeth, the mother of Archduke Rudolf (Omar Sharif). In real life, Gardner was only ten years older than Sharif.
Mayerling (1968)
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Directed by: Terence Young
Starring: James Mason, Omar Sharif, Ava Gardner, Catherine Deneuve
Empress Elizabeth: And my granddaughter? I hate that word too.
Archduke Rudolf: Oh! She's enchanting. Luckily she takes after neither of her parents.
Empress Elizabeth: Perhaps, a melancholy temperament can skip a generation. Like insanity.
Archduke Rudolf: In this family that could not have been meant as a joke. Not in this family. Never.