Directed by:
Frauke FinsterwalderCinematography:
Thomas W. KiennastCast:
Sandra Hüller, Susanne Wolff, Georg Friedrich, Anthony Calf, Tom Rhys Harries, Johanna Wokalek, Angela Winkler, Sibylle Canonica, Markus Schleinzer (more)Plots(1)
Irma Countess von Sztáray does not have it easy. Shortly before her application to become lady-in-waiting to Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Queen of Hungary known as “Sisi”, Irma gets a bloody nose from her strict mother in all the excitement. Then, at court, she is put on display like a prize cow and interrogated. At Sisi’s summer residence on Corfu, Irma first has to prove her athleticism in sadistic exercises and is then put on a diet of cocaine extracts before she finally meets the moody and erratic empress in person. In between laxative teas and watery soups, hikes and beauty treatments, the two very different women quickly become close – though only as close as Sisi will allow, naturally. But every summer has an end, and when they return to Vienna, the lives of Sisi and Irma change drastically. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Sandra Hüller
East Germany
Best movies:
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Toni Erdmann (2016)
25 km/h (2018)
Susanne Wolff
West Germany
Best movies:
Summer Window (2011)
The Stranger in Me (2008)
Dreileben (2011) (series)
Georg Friedrich
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
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Anthony Calf
UK
Best movies:
Our Mutual Friend (1998) (series)
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Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Tom Rhys Harries
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The Gentlemen (2019)
Hinterland (2013) (series)
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Johanna Wokalek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
North Face (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Angela Winkler
German Empire
Best movies:
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Danton (1983)
Sibylle Canonica
Switzerland
Best movies:
Beyond Silence (1996)
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Markus Schleinzer
Austria
Best movies:
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Stefan Kurt
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Foster Boy (2011)
Four Minutes (2006)
Stationspiraten (2010)
Sophie Hutter
Best movies:
Sisi & Ich (2023)
Maresi Riegner
Austria
Best movies:
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The Royal Game (2021)
Sisi & Ich (2023)
Paul Portelli
Best movies:
Ágora (2009)
Julius Caesar (2002) (TV movie)
Sisi & Ich (2023)
William Erazo Fernández
Best movies:
One Breath (2019)
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
Sisi & Ich (2023)
Audrey Marie Bartolo
Best movies:
World War Z (2013)
Ágora (2009)
Sisi & Ich (2023)
Anne Müller
East Germany
Best movies:
Same Same But Different (2009)
Sisi & Ich (2023)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)