Scandalous Movie Review: The Crown Prince
The Crown Prince (2006) Directed by Robert Dornhelm Written by Klaus Lintschinger and Didier Decoin Who's in it: Crown Prince Rudolf - Max von Thun Emperor Franz Josef - Klaus Maria Brandauer Empress Elisabeth - Sandra Ceccarelli Mary Vetsera - Vittoria Puccini Max Korn - Omar Sharif What it's about: The story opens with the news of Crown Prince Rudolf's suicide at Mayerling. At his funeral, the film flashes back ten years to 1878. Crown Prince Rudolf is full of youthful enthusiasm, and has been living the life of a Playboy in Vienna with his cousins Johan and Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia but his father worries that he is throwing his life away. His father exiles him to Prague. Max (played by Omar Sharif, looking like Karl Marx), the painter who is painting the P...