Summary
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 76GoodWatch 76
Audience score86%
Letterboxd · 21 K ratings3.7/5
IMDb7.0
Running time
1 h 42 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100102Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 11 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
+1Released
1955
December 22, 1955
71 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaRomanceLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Austria
and 11 more16 people
- Romy SchneiderPrincess Elisabeth
- Karlheinz BöhmEmperor Franz Joseph
- Magda SchneiderDuchess Ludovika
- Uta FranzPrincess Helene
- Gustav KnuthDuke Max
- Vilma DegischerArchduchess Sophie
Josef MeinradMajor Böckl- Karl FochlerGrünne
Franz BöheimJohann Petzmacher
Fritz MuliarBlumenbote
Egon von JordanMinister
Richard EybnerVon Ischl
Peter WeckArchduke Karl Ludwig- ENErich NikowitzArchduke Franz Karl
Hilde WagenerBaroness Wulffen- OTOtto TreßlerRadetzky
Directing · 2
- Ernst Marischka Director, Writer, Producer
- Rudolf Zehetgruber Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Karl Ehrlich Producer
- Kurt Miksch Unit Manager
- Fritz Andraschko Unit Manager
Camera · 3
- Bruno Mondi Director of Photography
- Herbert Geier Camera Operator
- Josef Gottfried Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Alfred Srp Editor
Sound · 3
- Anton Profes Original Music Composer
- Hans Riedl Sound Recordist
- Herbert Janeczka Sound Director
Art · 2
- Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff Art Direction
- Alexander Sawczynski Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Gerdago Costume Design
- Leo Bei Costume Design
- Franz Szivats Costume Design
- Fritz Jelinek Makeup Artist
- Jupp Paschke Makeup Artist
- Heinz Stamm Makeup Artist
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The Sissi series
Film 1 of 3 · then Sissi: The Young Empress
- Sissi (1955)
GoodWatch score 75You're here
- Sissi: The Young Empress (1956)
GoodWatch score 69Film 2
- Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)
GoodWatch score 71Film 3
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