Tragedy in the House of Habsburg

{{Short description|1924 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Tragedy in the House of Habsburg

| image = Tragedy in the House of Habsburg.jpg

| caption =

| director = Alexander Korda

| producer = Alexander Korda

| writer = Lajos Bíró

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|María Corda|Kálmán Zátony|Emil Fenyvessy|Werner Schott}}

| music =

| editing = Karl Hartl

| cinematography = Nicolas Farkas

| studio = Korda Film

| distributor = UFA

| released = {{Film date|1924|05|30|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Germany

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

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Tragedy in the House of Habsburg ({{langx|de|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. Interior filming was done at the Johannisthal Studios 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.Kulik p. 39

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Bibliography

  • Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.