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title: 'Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Korda'
released: '1924-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tragedy-in-the-house-of-habsburg-1924'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015426/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924)

1924 · 122 min · Drama, History · Germany

Original title: Tragödie im Hause Habsburg

## Synopsis

Tragedy in the House of 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda)
- **Screenplay:** [Lajos Bíró](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-biro)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicolas Farkas](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-farkas)

## Cast

- [Hans Brausewetter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-brausewetter)
- [Emil Fenyvessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-fenyvessy)
- [Arthur Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-bergen)
- [Mathilde Sussin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-sussin)
- [Friedrich Kayssler](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-kayssler)
- [Ferdinand von Alten](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-von-alten)
- [María Corda](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-corda)
- [Louis Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-ralph)
- [Jakob Tiedtke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-tiedtke)
- [Werner Schott](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-schott)

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