Sissi

"The magical love story of the young Empress Elisabeth!"

1955 1h 42m DE

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★7.3TMDB · 536★7IMDB · 10,790

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Synopsis

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The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

“The magical love story of the young Empress Elisabeth!”

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Cast

Romy Schneider
Princess Elisabeth
Karlheinz Böhm
Emperor Franz Joseph
Magda Schneider
Duchess Ludovika
Uta Franz
Princess Helene
Gustav Knuth
Duke Max
Vilma Degischer
Archduchess Sophie
Josef Meinrad
Major Böckl
Karl Fochler
Grünne

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ernst Marischka
Writers: Ernst Marischka
Languages: German
Countries: Austria

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ERA

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71 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Sissi Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ernst Marischka, shot by Bruno Mondi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anton Profes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alfred Srp shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm and Magda Schneider carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The magical love story of the young Empress Elisabeth!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0048624 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ernst Marischka directs. Bruno Mondi behind the camera. Anton Profes scores. Alfred Srp cuts. Produced in Austria. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

171 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Sissi Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Ernst Marischka, shot by Bruno Mondi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Anton Profes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Alfred Srp shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm and Magda Schneider carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The magical love story of the young Empress Elisabeth!".
8IMDB entry: tt0048624 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 26 themes, including "marriage proposal", "anonymity", "husband wife relationship", "sibling relationship".

The technical file

Cinematography: Bruno Mondi
Original score: Anton Profes
Editing: Alfred Srp
Costume design: Leo Bei
Makeup / hair: Heinz Stamm
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,000
Original language: DE
IMDB: Sissi (1955)
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 10,790 votes

Awards

1 nomination total

Part of

Sissi Collection

Sissi is a trilogy of 1950 films starring Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm and is part of the classic German-Austrian film history and some of the most successful German language films in box-office history.