Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress
The final film of the Sissi trilogy.
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress is a 1957 Austrian film written and directed by Ernst Marischka. It stars Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm, and was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. The film is the final installment of the Sissi trilogy, following Sissi (1955) and Sissi – The Young Empress (1956).
Quick Facts
- Director
- Ernst Marischka
- Producer
- Karl Ehrlich, de; Ernst Marischka
- Cinematography
- Bruno Mondi
- Editing
- Alfred Srp, de
- Music
- Anton Profes
- Studio
- Erma-Film
- Distributor
- Sascha Filmverleih
- Released
- 19 December 1957
Facts from the source article.
Plot
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, called Sissi, travels in Hungary and values the political friendship of Count Andrássy. When he confesses his love for her, she returns to Vienna to avoid intimacy. Court life frustrates her: Franz Josef stays at his desk, and his mother Sophie interferes in raising Sissi's daughter Sophie. Sissi decides to return and meets Franz on his way to bring her back. They vacation in Bad Ischl, but Sissi falls ill with possibly fatal tuberculosis. On doctors' orders, Franz Josef lets Sophie remove the child from Sissi's care. Deprived of husband and daughter, Sissi travels to Madeira and Corfu, losing her will to live. Her mother Ludovika nurses her and restores her zest for life through idyllic walks. Oberst Böckl, the clumsy bodyguard, provides comic relief.
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