The Crown Prince (2006 film)

The Crown Prince
GenreDrama
Screenplay byKlaus Lintschinger,
Didier Decoin
Directed byRobert Dornhelm
Starring
Music byLudwig Eckmann,
Jörg Magnus Pfeil
Country of originAustria, Germany, France, Italy
Production
Producers
CinematographyMichael Riebl
EditorIngrid Koller
Running time180 minutes (shorter version: 105 minutes)
Original release
Release2006 (2006)

The Crown Prince (German: Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe; French: Prince Rodolphe: L'Héritier de Sissi; Italian: Il destino di un principe) is an Austrian-German-French-Italian television film from 2006 and deals with the last ten years of the life of the Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf von Habsburg.

The film was co-produced by EOS Entertainment and MR Film for Degeto Film, ORF e RAI. For German television, the 180-minute two-part series was shortened by around 75 minutes and shown under the same title as a one-part film reduced to the romance with Mary Vetsera.

It was broadcast in Austria by ORF, in Germany by ARD and in Italy by RAI.