First Aired: April 30th, 2006

Status: Ended

Genre: Drama

Network: ORF 1

Summary: Max von Thun stars in this Austrian miniseries as Crown Prince Rudolf, the dashing heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne who crusades to modernize the Empire, butting heads with his conservative father, Emperor Franz-Joseph (Klaus Maria Brandauer). Against the backdrop of this political turmoil, Rudolf rebels against an arranged marriage and falls in love with young Baroness Mary Vetsera (Vittoria Puccini), further angering his fathe