''Private Vices, Public Pleasures'' (; ) is a 1976 Italian-Yugoslavian erotic drama film directed by

Miklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including ''Szegénylegények, The Round-Up'' ...

. It was entered into the

1976 Cannes Film Festival The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976. American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama ...

. The film is based on the

Mayerling incident The Mayerling incident is the series of events surrounding the apparent murder–suicide suicide pact, pact of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his mistress, baroness Mary Vetsera. They were found dead on 30 January 1889 in an imperial ...

but presents a "highly-eroticised" depiction of the events.

Cast

* Lajos Balázsovits as Crown Prince Rudolf * Pamela Villoresi as Sofia * Franco Branciaroli as Duke * Teresa Ann Savoy as Mary Vetsera *

Laura Betti Laura Betti ( Trombetti; May 1 1934 – 31 July 2004) was an Italian actress known particularly for her work with directors Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Bernardo Bertolucci. She had a long friendship with Pasolini and made a docume ...

as Therese * Ivica Pajer as General * Zvonimir Crnko * Umberto Silva * Demeter Bitenc * Susanna Javicoli * Anikó Sáfár * Ilona Staller as woman in orgy * Gloria Piedimonte

References

External links

* 1976 films Yugoslav drama films 1970s Italian-language films 1976 drama films Italian erotic drama films Films directed by Miklós Jancsó Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria Films scored by Francesco De Masi Films set in 1889 1970s Italian films {{Yugoslavia-film-stub