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Sissi: The Young Empress
7.0 / 10• 1956• 1h 47m•NR• German
DramaComedyRomance
Storyline
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
Cast & Crew
Romy Schneider
Empress Elisabeth
Lead
Karlheinz Böhm
Emperor Franz Joseph
Magda Schneider
Duchess Ludovika
VD
Vilma Degischer
Archduchess Sophie
Gustav Knuth
Duke Max
Walther Reyer
Count Andrassy
Josef Meinrad
Major Böckl
Senta Wengraf
Countess Bellegarde
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ernst Marischka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sissi: The Young Empress is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
