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Sissi: The Young Empress

1956 · 107 min

A gentle, romantic costume drama that feels like a warm, old-fashioned fairy tale about a young woman finding her voice.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • love
  • power
  • freedom
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Ernst Marischka
Written by
Ernst Marischka
Starring
Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Vilma Degischer, Gustav Knuth, Walther Reyer, Josef Meinrad, Senta Wengraf
Music
Anton Profes
Cinematography
Bruno Mondi
Runtime
107 min
Country
Austria
Languages
German

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