Sarajevo (1940 French film)
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| French | De Mayerling à Sarajevo |
| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Edward Halton Eugène Tucherer |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Curt Courant Otto Heller |
| Edited by | Myriam Borsoutsky Jean Oser |
| Music by | Oscar Straus |
Production company | B.U.P. Française |
| Distributed by | Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Sarajevo (French: De Mayerling à Sarajevo) is a 1940 French
Plot
In the late 1800's, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He's already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas. In addition, a love affair with someone not of royal blood breaches protocol. The Crown allows the union only after the couple agrees to a morganatic marriage. Franz doesn't seem to care about the protocols of the time, provoking the emperor to further neutralize him by demoting him to inspector general of the army. In June 1914, fearing for his safety, Sophie seeks permission to accompany Franz to Sarajevo; protocol dictates that no army troops attend Franz while she is present. An assassin strikes. Their deaths spark World War I.
Partial cast
- Edwige Feuillère as Countess Sophie Chotek
- John Lodge as l'archiduc François-Ferdinand
- Aimé Clariond as Prince of Montenuovo
- Jean Worms as Emperor François-Joseph
- Gilbert Gil as Gavrilo Princip
- Jean Debucourt as Janatschek
- Raymond Aimos as François-Ferdinand's valet
- Gabrielle Dorziat as Archduchess Marie-Thérèse
- Henri Bosc as Serbian ambassador
- Gaston Dubosc as Count Chotek
- Marcel André as Archduke Frédéric
- Colette Régis as Archduchess Isabelle
- Jacqueline Marsan as young archduchess
- William Aguet as chamberlain
References
- OCLC 24106528.
External links
- Sarajevo at IMDb
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