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Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, [1] was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Sissi is a 1955 Austrian historical romance film written and directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz [de], Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Vilma Degischer and Peter Weck.
Told from the perspective of her closest confidants, the series takes a new look at the empress' life and reveals a multi-layered woman fascinating with her attitude, her courage and her contradictions. The youthful Sisi evolves into Empress Elisabeth.
Sissi: Directed by Ernst Marischka. With Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz. In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Jan 4, 2018 · On April 25, 1854, a shy and melancholy bride married into a major European royal house. Trembling and overcome with emotion, 16-year-old Elisabeth, known by her childhood nickname Sisi, was wed...
Sep 6, 2024 · Elisabeth, empress consort of Austria from April 24, 1854, when she married Emperor Franz Joseph. She was also queen of Hungary (crowned June 8, 1867) after the Austro-Hungarian Ausgleich, or Compromise.
Sisi - Austria’s free-spirited Empress. Emperor Franz Joseph’s gaze wandered to the young, unaffected girl. The 15-year-old Elisabeth, or ‘Sisi,’ was a stunning beauty, radiating a youthful spirit. The Kaiser fell in love with her at first sight, and Sisi’s life changed forever.
Sissi is a trilogy of 1950 films starring Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm and is part of the classic German-Austrian film history and some of the most successful German language films in box-office history.
Empress Elisabeth (Sisi): what you need to know. Ah, Sisi, the 19th-century Empress who still inspires adulation and artists. Sportswoman, fashion icon, traveller, poet, friend to the Hungarians, and tragic victim of an assassin’s blade. Elisabeth’s name and face appears all over modern Vienna.
Jul 15, 2024 · The ill-fated Empress Elisabeth ‘Sissi’ of Austria, who died on 10 September 1898, has had her story retold countless times on screen. But what is the truth behind the period dramas?
