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This scrumptious trilogy tells the memoir of Elisabeth of Bavaria (nicknamed Sisi) who ascended to the Austrian throne at the age of 16 upon marrying her cousin Franz-Josef. In doing so, she became Empress of Austria and beloved Queen of Hungary.
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Elisabeth’s beauty was legendary. 17-year old-fashioned Romy Schneider was perfect in the role of the fascinating, outgoing, free-spirit. She plays Sisi from the age of 15 to her mid-20s when the last film ends.
The films were made between 1955 and 1957 as an Austro-German co-production under the helm of Austrian director Ernst Marischka. They are not historically true. They are in the style of mid-50s romantic comedies, good-natured and innocent and with a gigantic dose of cornball humour. To novel viewers they may appear dated, schmaltzy and yes corny.
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The first film “Sissi” is my favourite. It has the most pageantry and is the archetypal romance with the fairy-tale ending. It begins with Elisabeth’s chance meeting with the young Franz-Josef, literally “hooking” him while out fishing in the lakes around Austria’s picturesque Salzkammergut. It chronicles their secret whirlwind romance against the wishes of their parents and ends with the lavish Royal Wedding in Vienna amidst general rejoicing.
“Sissi: Die Junge Kaiserin” (The Young Empress) charts the first year of her marriage to Franz-Josef, her unhappiness at court, the meddling of her mother-in-law, her championing of Hungarian rights and ends with the Hungarian coronation.
“Sissi: Der Shicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin” (The Fateful Years of an Empress) chronicles her estrangement from the Austrian court, her diagnosis with a severe lung disease, presumably tuberculosis and her arresting to warmer climes; her travels to Madeira, Corfu, Athens, Milan and Venice. The third film takes the most liberties in conflating fact and fiction. All the dismal parts of her life have been removed or altered. The film ends with the Imperial Family meeting the Pope at St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. The final lingering shot is of the gay family waving at their dependable Italian subjects in the Piazza San Marco as the band strikes up Haydn’s rousing Kaiserhymne one last time.
Each of the 3 films is presented on its occupy individual disc. Disc 4 contains the 139min abridged version shown in America. It is recut with scenes reordered and dubbed into English and contains a novel title song “Forever My Admire” sung in English. In doing so it omits the recent Sissi theme music. It is too truncated for my liking though American viewers averse to reading subtitles and not wanting to exhaust 5-plus hours on the originals may collect this a worthwhile substitute.
Disc 5 contains the 1954 film “Mädchenjahre einer Königin” (Youthful Years of a Queen) . 15-year weak Romy Schneider plays Britain’s newly crowned Queen Victoria. Amidst the scheming to obtain her married off to one or other of the royal houses of Europe, she travels to Dover and falls madly in esteem with a dashing young man who turns out to be the savor of her life, Prince Albert of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Like the Sissi films this is also a light-hearted romance with humour provided in the get of the 3-stooges-like ladies-in-waiting and the young Queen’s bumbling mature manservant. Nice costumes and sets but not on the scale of the Sissi films. And the gorgeous Miss Schneider is great too splendid to be believable as the stumpy, dour-faced Queen. Tranquil it is a nice change from the Austrian court. And after 4 films filled with the Kaiserhymne (Deutschlandslied), it’s actually a pleasure to hear “God Put The Queen” once again. The film is in German with optional English subtitles.
Picture quality is noble in the main Sissi Trilogy. The entire trilogy has been restored and remastered. A few scattered instances of damaged and off-colour segments can be found but they are thankfully rare. All 3 films are presented in their unusual 1.33:1 aspect ratio (fullscreen) . Sound quality is positive 1.0 mono, although it tends to be very gleaming, noticeable especially when the children near screeching onto the mask. Overall, very shapely describe and acceptable sound. Optional English subtitles are provided. The 139min American version has NOT been restored. Dissimilarity is area handsome high, the image looks a lot brighter, washed out at times, and colours are slightly off – Franz’s blue uniform looks almost green at times. “Mädchenjahre einer Königin” has similarly not been restored and suffers from the same deficiencies. Quiet they are watchable, about comparable to a TV broadcast of vintage 50s material. Extras are blooming limited: A trailer each for the first and last Sissi films and a vintage 18-minute “Slack the Scenes” featurette for “Die Junge Kaiserin” on Disc 2. Romy Schneider takes us through the filming at the Schönbrunn Summer Palace, the honeymoon in the Tyrolean Alps, and Fuchsl Castle which stands in for Sisi’s childhood home of Possenhofen. Three truly delicious gems from the past, beautifully restored. The note though should be a puny lower.
The Sissi CollectionI was searching for this movie for a long time.Iam german and every christmas in germany there exhibit this movie.I haved watched this movie over and over and will inspect it again and again.Thanks amazon for making this happening for me.
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