(Mayerling) Assassination attempt on Franz Joseph I

[@jackbuckley7816]

Hard to imagine Franz Joseph I as a young guy. Mason perfect in the role. There's something still so appealing about the Old Vienna of that glittering, vanished period in history. The aristocratic ladies of that time were pretty charming & appealing, too!

[@arturoroldan4839]

Those were the days...

[@illusiveman1613]

Pal Kaposi fuck off

[@TheSeanoops]

@@kaposipal Yeah, fuck off.

[@domjohnson9188]

@@kaposipal yeah shut the fuck up mate

[@nativecenturion5411]

Pal Kaposi, cry a big river then, off you go

[@dantecaputo2629]

Native Centurion Such a hostile reaction, did this man run over all three of your dogs are something?

[@ferretman6790]

I love how calm the emporer is,lol someone literally just died.

[@juansantos-lq2kz]

Never let ‘em see you sweat, mate!

[@MauserKar98k]

He played too many video games as a kid.

[@thunderbird1921]

Franz Joseph had been around a lot of killing by this point, unfortunately. He actually commanded some of the Battle of Solferino against Napoleon III's France in 1859, it turned so gruesome that both monarchs were horrified (and not long after made peace).

[@rogueriderhood1862]

@@thunderbird1921 The Battle of Solferino also led to the foundation of the International Red Cross, as Henry Dunant had been horrified at the suffering of the wounded.

[@benz500r]

That someone wasn't him and it probably wasn't a member of his family. They cared about themselves and nobody else. Having said that, my family was their subject and we liked them.

[@archimedes876]

Franz Joseph wasn't killed but Franz de Este was killed.

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

Image being in coma since end of the WW2 (23 years) and this is the first thing you see when you walk out of hospital.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

what

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

​@@AbrahamLincoln4 Image seeing them shooting this scene and having no idea that they are doing film as you have been in coma for years.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

@@reichtangleanschluss509 oh lol

[@tk-6967]

WW2? This was prior to WW1 lol

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

​@@tk-6967This movie came in 1968.

[@daniel_sc1024]

They certainly didn't skimp on the budget when it came to the military uniforms.

[@furimindustries3410]

I am glad they didn't

[@nelliethursday1812]

The relationship between Rudolph and Mary V. Wasn't lollipops and roses read Twilight of Empire by Greg King it is an eye opener

[@jackbuckley7816]

I'll see if I can find a copy. Sounds captivating!

[@nelliethursday1812]

@@jackbuckley7816 you won't be disappointed

[@jackbuckley7816]

There's a scene in the movie where Franz Joesph I, played, as seen here, by James Mason, one of my favorite actors, where he's asked about the Army's request to change the buttons on their coats, which would be far more practical. Mason, the autocratic ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, refuses, stating that he'll never endorse "change for change's sake", rejecting the proposal out-of-hand. There's something to be said for such a succinct philosophy, especially in this unstable, constantly changing world in which we currently exist, isn't there? Obviously, of course, it can be taken to extremes. Yes, Franz Joseph I was, by the time of "Mayerling", an aging, out-of-touch autocrat but, on the other hand, a little autocracy never hurt anyone, did it? I mean, not really. After all, anyone who has a slice of Antarctica named after him couldn't've been all bad!

[@jackbuckley7816]

Actually, I'm wrong. Franz Josef Land is a Russian-owned archipelago of islands in the Arctic Sea. I believe there's a Bismarck Archipelago somewhere in the Pacific, too, I'm a little vague on that.

[@marke.5609]

U.S. govt. ...." No, no , no....your doing it all wrong. A drone strike would have done the job."

[@11B30Inf]

Wrong Century buckehead....

[@valenciocruz368]

11B Retired r/woosh

[@cmedeir]

You’re not your

[@bialyser276]

1:45 good to know Benny Hill was a drama actor too.

[@rogueriderhood1862]

How did the shooter get two rounds off so fast? You'd need a semi automatic to fire so quickly.

[@ramagefreak]

Well drilled bolt actions are easily that fast

[@rogueriderhood1862]

@@ramagefreak No they're not, not even a straight pull bolt would cycle that fast.

[@scottgoodman8993]

@@rogueriderhood1862 Lee Enfield aficionados claim they are faster and more accurate than the Garand.

[@scottgoodman8993]

@@rogueriderhood1862Lee Enfield aficionados claim they are at least as fast and more accurate than the Garand .

[@rogueriderhood1862]

@@scottgoodman8993 As fast or faster? The record seems to be by Sgt Instructor Snoxall, with 38 aimed rounds in one minute. I'm sure someone could put more aimed rounds into a target with a Garand.

[@kaiserwilhelmiivonhohenzol6211]

Don't even try to assassinate my cousin

[@sammomin8115]

What is the name of the actor? Where is he from? Please!

[@pauldavies5611]

Omar Sharif plays Rudolph. James Mason is Franz Josef. Sharif was also in Lawrence of Arabia.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Sharif was also in the film Dr. Zhivago. He was a well known move star in the 1960's/ early 1970's as well as being a lifetime whiz at playing bridge (won several world championships).

[@deedragongirl]

Why isn't Stephanie sitting alongside Rudolf?

[@tributeandmusicvideocenter1758]

Because their marriage deteriorated.

[@lzstep80]

When is this story is playing? Bcs Rudolf was born in 1858 so he should be 30 years old in this film (in 1888). He committed suicide in 1889..

[@FeelingCross5]

Read the description, i think it's about that

[@wholeNwon]

What really happened at Mayerling? Zita demanded a full description but apparently did not discuss the matter thereafter.

[@victorkhorishko9074]

The latest discoveries state that Rudolph did not commit a suicide, but was savagely shot six times from a rifle... His fair lady was killed as well, but not by him...

[@wholeNwon]

@@victorkhorishko9074 Sources for these "discoveries"?

[@victorkhorishko9074]

@@wholeNwon take a look at the Internet, Nwon, it is wide and open enough for an inquisitive mind.

[@Jimdixon1953]

Did the shooter have separate holes in the banner to look through or were they looking over the top, no wonder they missed!

[@ednorton47]

Slavs wouldn't think of those details.

[@Haq1585]

What is the name of the movie

[@nolanolivier6791]

That was one lightning slick hand on the bolt action! One would be forgiven for assuming the assassin was wielding a semi-automatic...

[@kkwun4969]

Nolan Olivier its not impossible you just need to have the right technique

[@nolanolivier6791]

@@kkwun4969 that's ridiculous. A trained hand can significantly reduce the cycle time, however THAT was not a realistic demonstration of what a bolt-action rifle is capable of. That was simply poor editing.

[@ednorton47]

It was a Mannlicher-Carcano. Those guns are fast.

[@gammondog]

Not too bad considering he didn't have a box of books to lean on.

[@bostjanvauhnik2757]

Where was Elizabeth of Bavaria then? (wife of Francis Joseph I.)

[@crunchmcm8780]

Which year did this happen in?

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Real life: 1853 in Vienna, by a Hungarian. Unlike the film cllip FJ was walking, not riding in a carriage with his daughter-in-law. (His wife, Sissi, frequently shirked her royal duties) An anarchist did manage to kill FJ's wife, Elizabeth (known as "Sissi" -- Rudolf's mother) in 1898 while she was traveling (what she thought was in a state of incognito, with only her lady-in-waiting) in Geneva Switzerland. The guy just wanted to kill a royal or noble and he had missed the chance to murder another high-ranking person prior to stabbing Sissi to death.

[@Booker8991]

Holy fuck, is the guy who plays Franz Joseph here the same guy who played him in the Horrible Histories WW1 song?

[@anastasiavelonagoshudnaya7455]

1:25 START

[@HERNANDEZGARAY11]

😮honesty Crowned Prince Becomes Emperors

[@jackbuckley7816]

The pageantry of a lost age. I never knew the Austro-Hungarian Empire was so grand & glorious. What I wouldn't give to go back-in-time & live there, right now, this very moment--and never come back!!

[@cgt3704]

As a romanian, i would not want to go there

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Unless you were a peasant! Peasants in the A-H empire were treated almost as bad as peasants in Tsarist Russia.

[@sorkvild1473]

Only Viena was glorious. Other parts were poor and rebelious.

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

@@here_we_go_again2571 Well, you would be right about the situation in Galicia. Many peasants were illiterate and starved due famines and food shortages. There was mass emigration from Galicia to other Austro-Hungarian crown lands (some even moved to Krakow & Lviv, the best places of Galicia) and countries (most notably the US). Galicia also had overpopulation issues with poor countries today like Nigeria.

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

@@sorkvild1473 This is just wrong. Poverty was only extreme in Galicia, but other parts such as Austria itself (not just Vienna) and the industrial Bohemia were rich. Even poorer parts in the east & south were still bearable to live, it was only really awful in Galicia. And in no way was Austria-Hungary "rebellious". The last time revolutions happened in Austria was in 1849, can you name one from 1867 to 1917? The Ottomans lost their Balkan territories, Russia already had a revolution in 1905. Nothing similar happened in Austria-Hungary though. Most people liked the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (except non-Hungarians in Hungary). Even Bosnians liked the monarchy for all the religion rights and infrastructure they got. Princip belonged to the tiny minority who hated the monarchy. So don't believe all the anti-Austro-Hungarian propaganda spread here.

[@ramonchristoffdelacerna2567]

unknown revolutionary try to kill king franz Joseph.

[@hmhbanal]

Omar Sharif playing an Austrian Prince.

[@TOFKAS01]

Well, in those times you had movies where John Wayne played Ghengis Khan....

[@mayena]

@@TOFKAS01 Didn't Omar Sharif played Genghis Khan as well?.

[@TOFKAS01]

@@mayena Yes, your right as I see.

[@rogueriderhood1862]

@@TOFKAS01 Not to mention a Russian doctor.

[@herondelatorre4023]

@@rogueriderhood1862 As well as a Russian nobleman in two tv movies set during the reigns of both Tsar/Emperor Peter I & Empress Elizabeth I of Russia and a German army officer in a movie set during the time of WW II Nazi Germany.

[@d1360q]

Please link to download

[@roaringlion9083]

한국분 맞으신가요??? 이런 역사배경으로한 고전영화 어떻게 찾으시는건가요?

[@Vega_2003]

한폴혼혈

[@tubewatcher77]

Fahr doch mit einem Cabrio durch Dallas!

[@GabrielaGARAYREYES]

😮😮😮😮🎉

[@JonatasMonte]

Good grenades weren't a thing back then.

[@lolmeme69_]

Oh, but they were! Grenades have been around since the early days of gunpowder. You know those cartoon bombs? Ancient grenades looked similar to that.

[@48917032]

Grenades were a thing back then. In fact, the first assassination attempt on Franz Ferdinand was made with grenades.

[@patticaplan3462]

nice

[@orthobonus]

Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser

[@48917032]

Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze Vor dem Kaiser unser Land! Mächtig ohne seine Stütze sicher ohne seine Hand! Ungeschirmt von seiner Krone stehn wir gegen diesen Feind: Nimmer sei mit Habsburgs Throne Österreichs Geschick vereint.

[@imperialraijin]

@@48917032 Abschaum

[@yolakin8210]

If he had succeeded, there might not have been WW1.

[@Sshooter444]

???

[@peterstudios7147]

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[@comradekenobi6908]

Nani

[@GermanRojas-wf3hr]

Yol Akin what??

[@joeyjamison5772]

The Germans were bound and determined that there was going to be a WWI.

[@joshkusiak7613]

Serbia strong

[@bluemoondiadochi]

how the fuck did you manage to sneak that one in here?

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

This video has nothing to do with Serbia.