Private Vices, Public Virtues

– The son of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, Crown Prince Rudolf, is believed to have shot his female ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 44 Minutes
Release Year:
1976
Original Name:
Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù
Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976) - Also known as Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù

The son of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, Crown Prince Rudolf, is believed to have shot his female lover and himself in a tragic suicide pact in 1882 in Mayerling. Due to Imperial cover-ups, the full story may never be known. This story has been filmed several times, in French in 1935 and in English in 1968. Hungarian director Miklos Jancso recreates those events for his own purposes, continuing his favored theme of the rejection of paternal authority. In the film, which has very little dialog, Rudolf is a good-natured pan-sexual golden boy, who cavorts on his rural estate with a host of beautiful, aristocratic lovers and friends of both sexes. He refuses to leave his country idyll even though he has been ordered to by the Emperor, his father. Despite the fact that for a large part of the film, attractive young people go about unclothed and engaging in erotic encounters, the mood is one of melancholy rather than prurience.

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Release Date:

06 May 1976

Language:

Italian, German, French, Hungarian, English

Director:

Miklós Jancsó

Writer:

Miklós Jancsó (story), Giovanna Gagliardo (story), Giovanna Gagliardo (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Franco Branciaroli, Teresa Ann Savoy

Plot:

Rudolf is a good-natured pan-sexual golden boy, who cavorts on his rural estate with a host of beautiful, aristocratic lovers and friends of both sexes. He refuses to leave his country idyll even though he has been ordered to by the Emperor, his father.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10