Jan 01, 1998
90 min
Full-HD

Wie eine schwarze Möwe (1998)

On September 10, 1898, Sisi, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, was stabbed to death with a sharpened file by Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni. The successful fiction about Sisi by Norbert Beilharz is based on Elisabeth's inner monologue and, subjectively, on many events in her life.

Category

Drama History

Country

Germany

Companies

Floris Films ZDF

Christine Ostermayer

Elisabeth

Annemarie Düringer

Erzherzogin Sophie

Bibiana Zeller

Irma Gräfin Sztaray

Marcus Bluhm

Kronprinz Rudolf

Ludwig Blochberger

Carl Theodor

Fritz Hammel

Fritz Karl

Angelika Kirchschlager

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