Mayerling (Producers' Showcase)

"Mayerling"
Producers' Showcase episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 32
Directed byAnatole Litvak
Featured music
Original air dateFebruary 4, 1957 (1957-02-04)
Running time90 minutes
Guest appearances
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"Mayerling" is an episode of the American television series Producers' Showcase made for NBC Television, which was aired on 4 February 1957 and released theatrically as a film in Europe.[1]

The film was produced and directed by Anatole Litvak, who had previously directed the French film version of Mayerling (1936) which was an international hit and brought Litvak to Hollywood. The 1957 version stars Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, Raymond Massey, Diana Wynyard, Basil Sydney, Judith Evelyn, Isobel Elsom, Lorne Greene, Nancy Marchand, David Opatoshu, Suzy Parker, Nehemiah Persoff, Pippa Scott, Monique van Vooren, and Lilia Skala.

Raymond Massey, Diana Wynyard (seated), Judith Evelyn, Mel Ferrer, and Audrey Hepburn in Mayerling (TV episode of Producers' Showcase, 1957)