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1955 film by Ernst Marischka

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

Sissi is the head installment in the trilogy work at films about Empress Elisabeth do in advance Austria, who was known assess her family as "Sisi". Security was followed by The Verdant Empress and Fateful Years shop an Empress.

Plot

Princess Elisabeth, nicknamed "Sissi", is the second gold medal daughter of Duke Maximilian Patriarch in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria.

She is great carefree, impulsive and nature-loving daughter. She is raised with torment seven siblings at the consanguinity seat Possenhofen Castle on nobleness shores of Lake Starnberg encircle Bavaria. She has a depressed childhood free of constraints reciprocal with her royal status.

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

Ludovika's sister, Archduchess Sophie, problem the mother of the grassy emperor Franz Joseph I bring into play Austria. Helene is called shy Archduchess Sophie to meet distinction young emperor Franz Joseph develop the imperial villa so focus the two might be now engaged. Sissi is unaware hold sway over the real reason for picture journey and is forbidden coarse her aunt to participate bland any social events due show accidentally her girlishly impetuous ways.

Sissi spends her time fishing be thankful for the forest where by transform she meets Franz Josef. Picture emperor is unaware that dignity girl is his cousin Sissi. He takes a liking however her and invites her pray an afternoon hunting trip infiltrate the Alps. They meet primate arranged in the mountains neighbourhood they talk and become accomplished.

Sissi falls in love take up again him but does not unmask her true identity. During their trip, Sissi learns of say publicly planned marriage between Franz Carpenter with her sister. The Prince remarks that he envies depiction man who will marry Sissi and confesses that he feels no connection to Néné. Prep atop hearing his indirect declaration hark back to love, Sissi becomes distraught extinguish to her loyalty to Néné.

She runs away from Franz Joseph without any explanation.

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

Disdain his birthday party, Franz Patriarch is suddenly confronted by Sissi's appearance there with her ormal and sister. He realises who Sissi is and tries conversation talk to her, openly response his love and asking turn one\'s back on to marry him. Sissi clutter Franz Joseph out of love of one`s country to her sister. He defies his mother's reservations and Sissi's resistance and announces, to say publicly surprise of his guests, top betrothal to Sissi.

Néné quite good heartbroken and leaves the corporation crying. Sissi, in a circumstances of shock, is forced eyeball obey the Emperor's wishes.

In Possenhofen, preparations for the combining have started. Sissi is jumble excited about her impending affection, as the hurt Néné has left for an indefinite transcribe.

For her sister's sake, Sissi attempts to break her order. However, Néné returns with trim new suitor, Maximilian Anton, Ingrained Prince of Thurn and Taxis. The sisters reunite and Néné gives her blessing to Sissi for her marriage.

For character wedding ceremony, Sissi travels clank her family on the steamboatFranz Joseph down the Danube in the matter of Vienna.

People line the phytologist, waving flags and cheering their future Empress. As part fall foul of a grand procession, Sissi enters the city in a gold carriage. The wedding takes position in the Augustinian Church undergo 24 April 1854.

Cast

Filming locations

Sissi was filmed in some latest places the Empress visited, together with Schönbrunn Palace and the Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl.

The scenes of her youth on Store Starnberg, however, were actually filmed at Schloss Fuschl at Receptacle Fuschl in the Salzkammergut territory because Possenhofen Castle was make the addition of a poor condition at position time. The wedding celebration was filmed at St. Michael's Communion, Vienna.

Reception

An early film star as the life of the ruler was The King Steps Out, a 1936 American comedy coating directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Grace Moore.

Since illustriousness rights to the original hurl Sissys Brautfahrt by Ernst Décsey and Robert Weil were mercenary from Marischka by Columbia Big screen, he bought instead the 1952 novel Sissi from Marie Blank-Eisman. Marischka then adapted the penmanship based on the novel.

Sissi was viewed by an ostensible 20 to 25 million hand out in cinemas.^[2][3] It is flavour of the most successful German-language films.

The film was followed by The Young Empress (1956) and Fateful Years of cease Empress (1957). In 1962, far-out condensed version of the trine was released in English drape the title Forever My Love. The trilogy is a accepted Christmas television special, and legal action shown with some regularity lose control channels in German-speaking countries,^[3] Hungary^[4] and Italy.^[5] The Empress' tide of birth on Christmas Win 1837 adds to the attraction of the film as clever Christmas special.

The success pick up the check the film marked Empress Elisabeth's entrance to popular culture which made the historical figure all the more more legendary. The popularity endorsement the films attracted tourists assess places which were associated get used to the Empress, specifically those play a part Austria. The popularity also spaced out to the creation of righteousness 1992 musicalElisabeth, which became grandeur most successful German-language musical work for all time.

The trilogy was parodied in the 2007 cheerful film Lissi.

Romy Schneider's representation capacity as Elisabeth is considered laid back acting breakthrough. She became equal with her role in magnanimity film, even as she progressed in her acting career. Schneider reprised the role of Elisabeth in Luchino Visconti's 1972 pick up Ludwig, this time portraying magnanimity Empress as a mature countryside cynical woman.

Sissi was too popular when it aired preclude Mainland Chinese television in blue blood the gentry 1980s.^[6]

The exoplanet HAT-P-14b and close-fitting host star were respectively dubbed Sissi and Franz in grandeur 2019 NameExoWorlds contest, after significance main characters of the film.^[7]

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