Rent Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)
3.3 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 49min
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- Synopsis:
The young Empress Sissi (Romy Schneider) is staying at the Gödölle Palace in Hungary with her little daughter and some court people. Here she can be herself, liberated from all the strict court rules in Austria. She spends her days with Count Andrassy (Walther Reyer), riding in the woods. At a ball in his castle he declares his love for her. Because of this Sissi feels forced to break her relationship with him, and moves back to Vienna. It is soon discovered that she is seriously ill with tuberculosis. Dr. Seeburger (Hans Ziegler) doesn't think she will survive the winter, but a change of climate might help. After some months on Madeira Sissi's illness is even worse. Her mother, Duchess Ludovika (Magda Schneider), then decides to go to Madeira to help Sissi recapture the joy of life. When Dr. Seeburger examines Sissy at Corfu several months later, he finds her fully recovered. The Austrian ministers suggest that Emperor Franz Joseph (Karlheinz Böhm) should combine his reunion with Sissy with an official visit to Lombardy-Venetia. Austria is much hated there, but needs a good relationship with this country. The ministers think that Sissi can bring forth a miraculous change of sentiments in Lombardy-Venetia, just as she did in Hungary. - Actors:
- Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Uta Franz, Walther Reyer, Vilma Degischer, Josef Meinrad, Senta Wengraf, Erich Nikowitz, Hans Ziegler, Sonia Sorel, Klaus Knuth, Albert Rueprecht, Peter Neusser, Karl Fochler, Susanne von Almassy, Franca Parisi, Ingrid Oberleitner, Egon von Jordan
- Directors:
- Ernst Marischka
- Producers:
- Karl Ehrlich, Ernst Marischka
- Writers:
- Ernst Marischka
- Aka:
- Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin
- Studio:
- umb
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Coronations on Screen, Remembering Alain Delon, The Instant Expert's Guide to François Ozon, The Last Laugh: The Film That Changed Cinema, Top 10 European Remakes
- Countries:
- Austria
