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Elisabeth

The show opens in the "world of the dead", where Luigi Lucheni is being interrogated by a Judge as to why he has murdered the Empress Elisabeth. Lucheni claims that he did no more than what Elisabeth herself wanted, since all her life Elisabeth has been in love with Death himself – and vice versa. As his witnesses, Lucheni brings back the dead aristocracy of the bygone era and takes us to the past, where he serves as a sarcastic narrator of the events that lead to the transformation of the sweet and innocent Sisi to the revered and infamous Elisabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, and her decline through later years until her assassination.

1992 |2h 7m |  Drama, Music

Cast

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Pia Douwes

Elisabeth (Sisi)

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Uwe Kröger

Der Tod

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Ethan Freeman

Luigi Lucheni

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Viktor Gernot

Kaiser Franz Joseph I.

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Else Ludwig

Erzhherzogin Sophie

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Andreas Bieber

Kronprinz Rudolf

More Details

Status

Released

Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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