Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Karlheinz B?hm

First of a trilogy of movies about the Austrian princess Sissi. 16 year old princess Elisabeth, 'Sissi', follows her mother and sister Helene to the Austrian court in Ischl, where the engagement betwe...( read more  read more... )en Helene and the young emperor Franz Josef will be announced. But he meets Sissi when she's out fishing and falls in love with her. Sissi loves Franz Josef but a marriage with him comes with a bonus, his arrogant and headstrong mother.

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Unrated, 102 min.

Directed by: Ernst Marischka

Release Date: December 19, 1956

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DVD Release Date: September 11, 2007

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  • August 5, 2008
    This has to be my all time favourite. I remember seeing this movie as a little girl at our local cinema in the golden era of theatre going here locally. I loved the fairytale cinderella aspect of it; after all my mum fed me nutritious food simultaneously to feeding my brain with ...( read more)endless fairytales - it was the only way I could sit down long enough to digest healthy as opposed to fast food. The story also recounts the empress' rebelliousness against conventions, something I could empathise with being something of a rebel myself. So I could easily project myself, mentally, into this heroine's role.
  • March 8, 2008
    It's been a while since I saw this, but for some reason it reminded me of the The Student Prince. Maybe it was just the era it was made in.

    I bought it for my ex-mother-in-law because she was sentimental about seeing it when she lived in Germany in the 50s. She couldn't afford t...( read more)o see a lot of movies at the time, so it was a special memory for her.
  • March 1, 2008
    Sissi is a 1955 film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, first of a trilogy of romantic films about the Austrian Princess Sissi.
    Best romance movie which is German spoken and Romy never lost the imago of the young Sissi who was obsessed with her beauty and h...( read more)er perfect figure and taking care of her body ... resulting in the illness of anorexia. Her very liberal ideas, her call for a republic structure and her effort for the poor and troublesome made her very popular with the Austrian people.
  • January 3, 2008
    Maybe a bit too romantic trilogy considering how the life of Sisi was but certainly worth the watch.
  • December 16, 2007
    love the ernst marischka Sissi movies...it's not historically correct but I LOVE THEM
  • August 29, 2007
    romy schneider,,, gorgeous

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