A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Acting
Vicky Krieps weaponizes eye contact.
Costume
Every dress is a prison with better lighting.
Direction
Anachronistic needle drops that somehow work.
Director
Marie Kreutzer
Vicky Krieps
Empress Elisabeth
Florian Teichtmeister
Franz Josef
Katharina Lorenz
Marie Festetics
Jeanne Werner
Ida Ferenczy
Alma Hasun
Fanny Feifalik
Finnegan Oldfield
Louis Le Prince
Manuel Rubey
Ludwig II
Aaron Friesz
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
Colin Morgan
Bay Middleton
Tamás Lengyel
Gyula Andrássy
Alexander Pschill
Georg Raab, Painter of the Court
Raphael Nicholas
Earl of Spencer
Lilly Marie Tschörtner
Marie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vicky Krieps co-wrote some of her own dialogue, including scenes where Sisi dismantles her own myth.
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