Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)
"Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin" (original title)

The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.

Director:

Ernst Marischka

Writer:

Ernst Marischka

Stars:

Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Romy Schneider	...	Empress Elisabeth of Austria / Sissi
Karlheinz Böhm	...	Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
Magda Schneider	...	Duchess Ludovika of Bavaria
Gustav Knuth	...	Duke Max of Bavaria
Uta Franz	...	Princess Helene / Nene
Walter Reyer	...	Graf Andrassy (as Walther Reyer)
Vilma Degischer	...	Archduchess Sophie, Franz Josef's mother
Josef Meinrad	...	Oberst Böckl
Senta Wengraf	...	Gräfin Bellegarde
Erich Nikowitz	...	Erzherzog Franz-Karl
Hans Ziegler	...	Hofrat Dr. Seeburger
Sonia Sorel	...	Henriette Mendel (as Sonja Sorel)
Klaus Knuth	...	Prinz Ludwig
Albert Rueprecht	...	Erzherzog Ferdinand-Max
Peter Neusser	...	Graf Batthyani

Storyline

The Austrian empress enjoys traveling trough Hungary, where she ultimately finds the politically priceless affection of local count Andrassy too intimate, but it's only temporary relief from the frustrations of court life in Vienna, where dutiful Franz remains chained to his desk and leaves his chillingly strict mother Sophie interfering, even in the upbringing of their daughter. When Sissi is diagnosed with plausibly fatal tuberculosis and Franz has to allow Sophie to remove their daughter on doctor's warning, Sissi is in danger of losing the will to live while exiled to recovery-inducing climates (Portuguese Madeira and Greek Corfu). Then desperately needed psycho-somatic therapy appears in the form of her indestructibly positive mother Ludovika of Bavaria, who lovingly nurses both her sickness and her taste for life on idyllic walks. Once again Oberst Böckl, the clumsy body-guard whose doting admiration for the empress borders on the improper, provides a comical note, as each time ...

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Plot Keywords:

empress | love | sickness | italy | doctor | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | Romance

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Details

Country:

Austria

Language:

German Greek Hungarian Italian Portuguese

Release Date:

1957 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

Filming Locations:

Atelier Rosenhügel, Vienna, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Erma-Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Ernst Marischka was originally going to make a fourth installation to the trilogy, but actress Romy Schneider refused to play the title character any longer.

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Connections

Spoofed in Sissi - Die ganze Wahrheit (2011)

User Reviews

Kitsch

What a film: full colour (from Agfa), all those typical Austrian names and characters, beautiful and young Romy Schneider, but it is "Kitsch". The movie has nothing in common with real history, but served in the 50s an audience which tried to forget the war and nazism. They took the most wonderful scenes in Venice, when Sissis little daughter welcomes her mother arriving by gondola. Kitsch as kitsch can!