boblipton
In one of those fictional Mitteleuropean kingdoms that Victorian writers were so fond of -- Graustark, Ruritania, Scythia-Pannonia-Transbalkania, but here called Austria-Hungary -- the Emperor's mother arranges for her son to marry her sister's eldest daughter. When he meets her second daughter wandering in the woods, however, they fall in love.The charming anti-Cinderella tale of Sissi based on history, sort of, but it is brought to the screen in its fairy-tale glory with shots of Schonbrunn Castle, Bad Ischl, lavish sets and costumes and 15-year-old Romy Schneider. Its nostalgia for the dead glories of a lavish court life, stuffed-shirt bureaucrats -- Josef Meinrad has a very funny turn as the incompetent major in charge of security -- is certainly fun to look at, so long as we remember that it's just as unreal as any Disney feature cartoon, even if there are no singing mice. If only the characters in this one didn't look so real.....
annehermann55
I was born in Germany and grew up with the Sissi movies. Romy Schneider and Karl Heinz Boehm really had chemistry. I have been in the States since 1962 and just discovered all 3 movies again.Since then I must have watched them over and over again, most of the time without sound since I know them by heart. Just love to see the scenery (Austria and the Alps, the castle Schoenbrunn and those beautiful rooms! Make a long story short - I love the movies, I adore Romy Schneider and, of course, Karlheinz Boehm (by the way, he passed away on May 29', 2014 age 86). Romy Schneider died May 29, 1982 - she was 42 - coincidence?? Both of them made another movie together 'Kitty und die grosse Welt' (kitty and the big world) - I liked that too, but the Sissi movies were better. I liked Franz' father, he was really funny. But you had to understand German because the translation was not accurate.
matlosz2
SISSI is a an attempt at a movie. It is not a work of art but rather a composition of cliché moments that a person with even the most severe form of MR would find dull, dry, and under-developed. The cast of the story is so one dimensional that watching this "movie" for too long (say 5 minutes) will make one sick to his stomach, not to mention that the thing is so boring that one runs the risk of becoming suicidal if run time exceeds 15 minutes. Personally i have created turds with more dimension than this movie. This composition is so awful that it can not seriously be considered for anything but the trash can, but on the same token it is not awful enough to become a cult classic.
Glen Wooten
This is one of the most beautiful and sweet films I have seen in my long history of enjoying films .I think every student of film should see this film ,On how to frame a shot and fill every shot with beauty, Romy Schneider is Beautiful and charming, The scenery (is real)and post card perfect, With magnificent costumes, and with lots of comic touches, The women of the film taking up most of the light drama, and the men just wanting to relax and puzzled at and the fuss, Except for the Price who warns the young Princess that if they are to marry there is no guarantee of happiness as the future is uncertain for the Royals, Of course there is nothing to worry about for our couple in this film. Maybe Stephen Speilburg could watch this film and learn something about film-making and make a film with no violence.
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