---
title: 'Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Marischka'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sissi-fateful-years-of-an-empress-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050974/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)

1957 · 109 min · Drama, History · Austria

Original title: Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin
Part of: Sissi trilogy

## Synopsis

Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress is a 1957 Austrian film written and directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider and Karlheinz Böhm, with Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth, Uta Franz, Vilma Degischer and Walther Reyer. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. The costumes are by Gerdago.

## 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

- [Walter Regelsberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-regelsberger) as Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
- [Walther Reyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/walther-reyer) as Gyula Andrássy
- [Peter Weck](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weck)
- [Erich Nikowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-nikowitz) as Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
- [Karlheinz Böhm](https://cinepixo.com/people/karlheinz-bohm) as Franz Joseph I of Austria
- [Franca Parisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-parisi) as Helena
- [Helene Lauterböck](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-lauterbock) as Fürstin Esterházy
- [Dorothea Neff](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothea-neff)
- [Guido Wieland](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-wieland) as italienischer Adeliger
- [Josef Meinrad](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-meinrad) as Oberst Böckl
- [Karl Ehmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ehmann)
- [Hans Unterkircher](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-unterkircher)
- [Karl Fochler](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-fochler) as Graf Grünne
- [Albert Rueprecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-rueprecht) as Maximilian I of Mexico
- [Egon von Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/egon-von-jordan) as Carlo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sissi-fateful-years-of-an-empress-1957
Film facts: Wikidata (Q697646); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.