Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin

1957
1h 49m

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Romy Schneider in Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957)

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

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6.6/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
Sissi was sick with tuberculosis. She insisted on being send to Madera to recover. After noticing some improvements in her condition she was send back to Vienna where she became a lot worst and then was send to Corfu to recover. She would only come back two years later.

Goofs
The previous movie ended in 1867 during the crowning of Elizabeth and Franz Joseph as king and queen of Hungary, Sissi is also titled as such during the movie. However in this sequel the loss of Lombardy and Veneto from Austrian Empire happened in 1859 and 1866.

Quotes
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria: I love Sissy and she has my fullest confidence. Of course, she is lovely. Everybody she meets finds her completely fascinating and, especially, the men! But, Sissy is no Catherine of Russia. Sissy is the truest, purest and most honest person I know.

Crazy credits
In the opening credits the name "Sissi" is not displayed in the form of a title card, as in the previous movies, but on a square with birds posing forming the name before they fly away.

Connections
Edited into Forever My Love (1962)

Soundtracks
Kaiserlied
Music by Joseph Haydn
Lyrics by Lorenz Leopold Haschka

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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!