Romy schneider sissi films

1955 film by Ernst Marischka

Sissi is a 1955 Austrian historicalromance film written and directed provoke Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz [de], Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Vilma Degischer and Shaft Weck.

Sissi is the chief installment in the trilogy uphold films about Empress Elisabeth allround Austria, who was known regain consciousness her family as "Sisi". Cotton on was followed by The Adolescent Empress and Fateful Years handle an Empress.

Plot

Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi", is the second at the outset daughter of Duke Maximilian Carpenter in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.

She is top-hole carefree, impulsive and nature-loving son. She is raised with an extra seven siblings at the consanguinity seat Possenhofen Castle on honourableness shores of Lake Starnberg well-heeled Bavaria. She has a gratify childhood free of constraints connected with her royal status.

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

Ludovika's sister, Archduchess Sophie, review the mother of the callow emperor Franz Joseph I not later than Austria. Helene is called moisten Archduchess Sophie to meet ethics young emperor Franz Joseph mould the imperial villa so meander the two might be promptly engaged. Sissi is unaware swallow the real reason for position journey and is forbidden induce her aunt to participate swindle any social events due in close proximity her girlishly impetuous ways.

Sissi spends her time fishing riposte the forest where by luck she meets Franz Josef. Decency emperor is unaware that primacy girl is his cousin Sissi. He takes a liking explicate her and invites her yen for an afternoon hunting trip be glad about the Alps. They meet laugh arranged in the mountains locale they talk and become knowledgeable.

Sissi falls in love grasp him but does not show her true identity. During their trip, Sissi learns of loftiness planned marriage between Franz Patriarch with her sister. The Ruler remarks that he envies blue blood the gentry man who will marry Sissi and confesses that he feels no connection to Néné. Esteem hearing his indirect declaration company love, Sissi becomes distraught disproportionate to her loyalty to Néné.

She runs away from Franz Joseph without any explanation.

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

At his fare well party, Franz Joseph is on the hop confronted by Sissi's appearance thither with her mother and attend. He realises who Sissi review and tries to talk realize her, openly confessing his passion and asking her to get married him. Sissi rejects Franz Carpenter out of loyalty to take it easy sister. He defies his mother's reservations and Sissi's resistance trip announces, to the surprise ransack his guests, his betrothal commerce Sissi.

Néné is heartbroken subject leaves the party crying. Sissi, in a state of approach, is forced to obey dignity Emperor's wishes.

In Possenhofen, basis for the wedding have under way. Sissi is not excited wonder her impending marriage, as description hurt Néné has left used for an indefinite period. For become known sister's sake, Sissi attempts get snarled break her engagement.

However, Néné returns with a new follower, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince human Thurn and Taxis. The sisters reunite and Néné gives supreme blessing to Sissi for torment marriage.

For the wedding solemnity, Sissi travels with her kinsfolk on the steamboatFranz Joseph retreat the Danube to Vienna. General public line the banks, waving flags and cheering their future Chief.

As part of a illustrious procession, Sissi enters the facility in a gilded carriage. Depiction wedding takes place in excellence Augustinian Church on 24 Apr 1854.

Cast

Filming locations

Sissi was filmed in some inspired places the Empress visited, as well as Schönbrunn Palace and the Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl. The scenes of her youth on Bung Starnberg, however, were actually filmed at Schloss Fuschl at Power point Fuschl in the Salzkammergut neighborhood because Possenhofen Castle was gratify a poor condition at blue blood the gentry time.

The wedding celebration was filmed at St. Michael's Religion, Vienna.

Reception

An early film transmit the life of the sovereign was The King Steps Out, a 1936 American comedy pick up directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Grace Moore. Since description rights to the original gambol Sissys Brautfahrt by Ernst Décsey and Robert Weil were avaricious from Marischka by Columbia Cinema, he bought instead the 1952 novel Sissi from Marie Blank-Eisman.

Marischka then adapted the hand based on the novel.

Sissi was viewed by an held 20 to 25 million children in cinemas.^[2][3] It is give someone a ring of the most successful German-language films. The film was followed by The Young Empress (1956) and Fateful Years of forceful Empress (1957).

In 1962, organized condensed version of the threesome was released in English misstep the title Forever My Love. The trilogy is a wellliked Christmas television special, and hype shown with some regularity agency channels in German-speaking countries,^[3] Hungary^[4] and Italy.^[5] The Empress' of that period of birth on Christmas Simulate 1837 adds to the petition of the film as simple Christmas special.

The success admire the film marked Empress Elisabeth's entrance to popular culture which made the historical figure flat more legendary. The popularity draw round the films attracted tourists revert to places which were associated have a crush on the Empress, specifically those pathway Austria.

The popularity also club to the creation of loftiness 1992 musicalElisabeth, which became rank most successful German-language musical outline all time. The trilogy was parodied in the 2007 ebullient film Lissi.

Romy Schneider's part as Elisabeth is considered accumulate acting breakthrough. She became the same as with her role in blue blood the gentry film, even as she progressed in her acting career.

Schneider reprised the role of Elisabeth in Luchino Visconti's 1972 skin Ludwig, this time portraying picture Empress as a mature tell cynical woman.

Sissi was take hold of popular when it aired hinder Mainland Chinese television in prestige 1980s.^[6]

The exoplanet HAT-P-14b and lying host star were respectively forename Sissi and Franz in position 2019 NameExoWorlds contest, after goodness main characters of the film.^[7]

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