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Based on the real-life Mayerling affair, in which Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress committed suicide after being forbidden to wed. In director Miklós Jancsó's reinterpretation, however, it's patriarchal tyranny that leads to tragedy, as the young prince refuses to end an ext...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù (Motion picture)
Main Authors: Max Weinstein (Editor) (Author), Yanick, Joe (Author)
Corporate Authors: Filmes (Firm) (film production company.), Jadran Film (film production company.)
Other Authors: Balázsovits, Lajos, 1946- (Actor), Villoresi, Pamela, 1957- (Actor), Branciaroli, Franco (Actor), Savoy, Teresa Ann, 1955- (Actor), Betti, Laura (Actor), Gagliardo, Giovanna, 1941- (Screenwriter)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Italian
Language Notes:In original Italian or dubbed English; with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Dorset, U.K.] : Boum Productions : Mondo Macabro, [2016]
Edition:Uncut, first Blu-ray edition; limited edition of 1000 numbered copies (Number 0148).
Subjects:
Rudolf, > Crown Prince of Austria, > 1858-1889 > Drama.
Rudolf, > Crown Prince of Austria, > 1858-1889.
Erotic films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
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Summary:Based on the real-life Mayerling affair, in which Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress committed suicide after being forbidden to wed. In director Miklós Jancsó's reinterpretation, however, it's patriarchal tyranny that leads to tragedy, as the young prince refuses to end an extended erotic idyll at his country estate.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Not rated.
Booklet in English (9 pages ; illustrations) with an essay Stripping down the ruling class: sex, nudity, and politics by Max Weinstein and Joe Yanick inserted in container.
Special features include short documentaries: The last revolution, an interview with Giovanna Gagliardo; The praise of lightness, an interview with Pamela Villoresi; Michael Brooke on Miklós Jancsó, an interview with the British film historian Michael Brooke; original theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; A, B, C regions; 1080p; PCM mono audio; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Photography, Tomislav Pinter ; editor, Roberto Perpignani ; music, Francesco de Masi.