The Crown Prince (2006)

Directors

Robert Dornhelm

The story

Crown Prince Rudolf is a sensitive and intelligent young man who recognises and supports the need for changes and innovation for the Habsburg monarchy on the threshold of the twentieth century. However, neither his father, Emperor Franz Joseph, who adheres stoically to strict traditions, nor other political rulers such as the new Prime Minister Count Eduard Taaffe or the conservative Archbishop Schwarzenberg, who see these ideas as a threat to their position, want to hear anything about his vision of a united Europe. In order to dissuade Rudolf from his liberal fantasies, he is excluded from all important political decisions and sent to…

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