Mayerling vs Never Look Away

Never Look Away has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Mayerling). Mayerling is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 3h 9m. Mayerling is the older of the two (1936 against 2018). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mayerling posterMayerling1936 VS Never Look Away posterNever Look Away2018
MayerlingNever Look Away
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 7.8/10
Year19362018
Length1h 36m3h 9m
GenresDrama, History, RomanceDrama, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorAnatole LitvakFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Main castDanielle Darrieux, Jean Debucourt, Suzy Prim, Charles Boyer, Jean DaxTom Schilling, Oliver Masucci, Sebastian Koch, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Hanno Koffler

Synopsis

Mayerling

Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.

Never Look Away

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

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