---
title: 'Sissi (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Marischka'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sissi-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048624/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sissi (1955)

1955 · 102 min · Drama, History, Romance · Austria

Part of: Sissi trilogy

## Synopsis

Sissi is a 1955 Austrian historical romance film written and directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Josef Meinrad, Vilma Degischer and Peter Weck. Sissi is the first installment in a trilogy of films about Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898), who was known to her family as "Sissi". It was followed by The Young Empress and Fateful Years of an Empress.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Marischka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-marischka)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernst Marischka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-marischka)
- **Producer:** [Ernst Marischka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-marischka)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anton Profes](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-profes)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno Mondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-mondi)
- **Editor:** [Alfred Srp](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-srp)

## Cast

- [Otto Treßler](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-tre-ler) as Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
- [Josef Meinrad](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-meinrad) as Gendarmerie
- [Magda Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/magda-schneider) as Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
- [Karlheinz Böhm](https://cinepixo.com/people/karlheinz-bohm) as Franz Joseph I of Austria
- [Karl Fochler](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-fochler) as Karl Ludwig von Grünne
- [Egon von Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/egon-von-jordan) as Minister
- [Peter Weck](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weck) as Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
- [Uta Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/uta-franz) as Duchess Helene in Bavaria
- [Richard Eybner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-eybner) as Postmaster of Ischl
- [Vilma Degischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilma-degischer) as Princess Sophie of Bavaria
- [Franz Böheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-boheim) as Johann Petzmacher
- [Romy Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-schneider) as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- [Hilde Wagener](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-wagener) as Baronin Wulffen
- [Gustav Knuth](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-knuth) as Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
- [Erich Nikowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-nikowitz) as Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

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Official site: http://www.sissi.de/filme/index.php
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sissi-1955
Film facts: Wikidata (Q697501); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.