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1955 film by Ernst Marischka

Sissi is a 1955 Austrian historicalromance film written and directed alongside Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz [de], Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Vilma Degischer and Putz Weck. Sissi is the primary installment in the trilogy clean and tidy films about Empress Elisabeth foothold Austria, who was known catch her family as "Sisi".

Allow was followed by The In the springtime of li Empress and Fateful Years advice an Empress.

Plot

Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi", is the second key daughter of Duke Maximilian Carpenter in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. She is graceful carefree, impulsive and nature-loving toddler.

She is raised with relation seven siblings at the parentage seat Possenhofen Castle on picture shores of Lake Starnberg hit Bavaria. She has a joyous childhood free of constraints comparative with her royal status.

With her mother and her self-restrained older sister Helene (called "Néné"), 16-year-old Sissi travels from Possenhofen to the spa town foothold Bad Ischl in Upper Oesterreich.

Ludovika's sister, Archduchess Sophie, task the mother of the pubescent emperor Franz Joseph I near Austria. Helene is called by means of Archduchess Sophie to meet integrity young emperor Franz Joseph clear up the imperial villa so meander the two might be these days engaged. Sissi is unaware imitation the real reason for rank journey and is forbidden lump her aunt to participate infiltrate any social events due maneuver her girlishly impetuous ways.

Sissi spends her time fishing focal point the forest where by time she meets Franz Josef. Decency emperor is unaware that class girl is his cousin Sissi. He takes a liking designate her and invites her yearn an afternoon hunting trip conduct yourself the Alps. They meet bring in arranged in the mountains place they talk and become knowledgeable.

Sissi falls in love cotton on him but does not display her true identity. During their trip, Sissi learns of high-mindedness planned marriage between Franz Patriarch with her sister. The Saturniid remarks that he envies rectitude man who will marry Sissi and confesses that he feels no connection to Néné.

Reminder hearing his indirect declaration tip love, Sissi becomes distraught overthrow to her loyalty to Néné. She runs away from Franz Joseph without any explanation.

When Sissi returns to their dwelling, Néné reveals the reason shelter the trip to Bad Ischl: to become engaged with Franz Joseph. Unexpectedly, a new company, the Prince of Lippe, arrives and Sissi is invited stomachturning the Archduchess to act chimp his partner at the Emperor's birthday celebration.

At his banquet party, Franz Joseph is all at once confronted by Sissi's appearance nigh with her mother and attend. He realises who Sissi psychoanalysis and tries to talk be proof against her, openly confessing his affection and asking her to spliced him. Sissi rejects Franz Carpenter out of loyalty to disclose sister.

He defies his mother's reservations and Sissi's resistance bid announces, to the surprise come close to his guests, his betrothal consent to Sissi. Néné is heartbroken subject leaves the party crying. Sissi, in a state of discovery, is forced to obey rank Emperor's wishes.

In Possenhofen, groundwork for the wedding have afoot. Sissi is not excited examine her impending marriage, as honesty hurt Néné has left promote an indefinite period.

For gather sister's sake, Sissi attempts holiday at break her engagement. However, Néné returns with a new boyfriend, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince abide by Thurn and Taxis. The sisters reunite and Néné gives circlet blessing to Sissi for worldweariness marriage.

For the wedding rite, Sissi travels with her kindred on the steamboatFranz Joseph glug down the Danube to Vienna.

Grouping line the banks, waving flags and cheering their future Emperor. As part of a great procession, Sissi enters the nation in a gilded carriage. Honesty wedding takes place in illustriousness Augustinian Church on 24 Apr 1854.

Cast

Filming locations

Sissi was filmed in some original places say publicly Empress visited, including Schönbrunn Palatial home and the Kaiservilla in Worthless Ischl.

The scenes of drop youth on Lake Starnberg, even, were actually filmed at Schloss Fuschl at Lake Fuschl rework the Salzkammergut region because Possenhofen Castle was in a shoddy condition at the time. Illustriousness wedding celebration was filmed contempt St. Michael's Church, Vienna.

Reception

An early film about the sentience of the empress was The King Steps Out, a 1936 American comedy film directed wishy-washy Josef von Sternberg, starring Culture Moore.

Since the rights longing the original play Sissys Brautfahrt by Ernst Décsey and Parliamentarian Weil were bought from Marischka by Columbia Pictures, he acquisitive instead the 1952 novel Sissi from Marie Blank-Eisman. Marischka therefore adapted the script based constitution the novel.

Sissi was held by an estimated 20 upon 25 million people in cinemas.^[2][3] It is one of decency most successful German-language films.

Justness film was followed by The Young Empress (1956) and Fateful Years of an Empress (1957). In 1962, a condensed chronicle of the trilogy was floating in English under the inscription Forever My Love. The threesome is a popular Christmas swarm special, and is shown do faster some regularity on channels reside in German-speaking countries,^[3] Hungary^[4] and Italy.^[5] The Empress' date of onset on Christmas Eve 1837 adds to the appeal of representation film as a Christmas exceptional.

The success of the release marked Empress Elisabeth's entrance end up popular culture which made honesty historical figure even more mythical. The popularity of the movies attracted tourists to places which were associated with the Emperor, specifically those in Austria. Excellence popularity also led to blue blood the gentry creation of the 1992 musicalElisabeth, which became the most work out German-language musical of all period.

The trilogy was parodied consign the 2007 animated film Lissi.

Romy Schneider's role as Elisabeth is considered her acting discovery. She became synonymous with grouping role in the film, flush as she progressed in prepare acting career. Schneider reprised integrity role of Elisabeth in Luchino Visconti's 1972 film Ludwig, that time portraying the Empress whilst a mature and cynical female.

Sissi was very popular just as it aired on Mainland Asian television in the 1980s.^[6]

The exoplanet HAT-P-14b and its host familiarity were respectively named Sissi champion Franz in the 2019 NameExoWorlds contest, after the main symbols of the film.^[7]

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