Romy Schneider with Karlheinz Böhm

 Romy Schneider with Karlheinz Böhm: Sissi 1955

She plays Sisi from the age of 15 to her mid-20s when the last film ends. The films were made between 1955 and 1957 as an Austro-German co-production under the helm of Austrian director Ernst Marischka. They are not historically accurate.

Sissi was filmed in some original places the Empress visited, including Schönbrunn Palace and the Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl.

Sissi, a romantic comedy movie starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, and Magda Schneider.

The Sissi movies are an Austrian trilogy, based on the two-part Sissi novel by Marie Blank-Eismann, which was published in Stuttgart, Germany in 1952. The first movie was released in 1955, its successor The Young Empress in 1956 and the last one, Fateful Years of an Empress, in 1957.

The Empress tells the story of Bavarian princess turned Austrian empress Elisabeth, known as Sisi, who struggled to adjust to life in the stifling 1800s Habsburg royal court after marrying Emperor Franz Joseph (Philip Froissant).

*Τhe Imperial Gardens of the Achilleion Palace are open to visitors . The Achilleion Palace can be found in the Village of Gastouri, 10 km's south west of the town of Corfu.