Sissi (1955)
Directed by Ernst Marischka

Comedy / Drama / History / Romance

Film Synopsis

Bavaria, 1854.  Along with her seven brothers and sisters, the Princess Elisabeth, affectionately known as Sissi, leads a happy and carefree life at her family estate on the bank of Lake Starnberg.  She is the second eldest daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria.  On a visit to the spa town of  Bad Ischl, Elisabeth's elder sister Helene is invited to the imperial residence of the Emperor Franz Josef so that an engagement between the young couple can be arranged.  Not long afterwards, Franz Josef has a chance encounter with Sissi and finds himself strongly attracted to her.  Realising that it is she the emperor has fallen in love with and not her older sister Sissi takes flight, but by now her admirer has already made up his mind to marry her...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Ernst Marischka
  • Script: Ernst Marischka
  • Cinematographer: Bruno Mondi
  • Music: Anton Profes, Frédéric Chopin, Georg Friedrich Händel
  • Cast: Romy Schneider (Princess Elisabeth, aka Sissi), Karlheinz Böhm (Kaiser Franz Joseph), Magda Schneider (Duchess Ludovika), Uta Franz (Princess Helene), Gustav Knuth (Duke Max in Bavaria), Vilma Degischer (Archduchess Sophie), Josef Meinrad (Gendarmerie-Major Böckl), Erich Nikowitz (Archduke Franz Karl), Karl Fochler (Graf Grünne), Franz Böheim (Johann Petzmacher),
  • Country: Austria
  • Language: German
  • Runtime: 102 min

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