Sisi & I is a 2023 historical black comedy film directed by Frauke Finsterwalder, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christian Kracht. It stars Susanne Wolff as Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Sandra H
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Susanne Wolff, Frauke Finsterwalder, Sandra Hüller and Stefan Kurt at the premiere of Sisi & I at the 2023 Berlinale
Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Sisi & I
…is a 2023 historical black comedy film directed by Frauke Finsterwalder, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christian Kracht. It stars Susanne Wolff as Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Sandra Hüller as Countess Irma Sztáray. It tells a fictionalized story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria from the point of view of her lady-in-waiting…
Equestrian portrait of Elisabeth at Possenhofen Castle, age 15 (1853)
The young Elisabeth shortly after becoming Austrian Empress, by Amanda Bergstedt [sv] (1855)
Portrait of Empress Elisabeth, 1857 aged 19