Elisabeth

About Elisabeth

The musical tells the story of Elisabeth ("Sissi"), the Empress of Austria, from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni, through the lens of her growing obsession with Death as her marriage and her empire crumble around her at the turn of the century.

Elisabeth (2005) is a music film directed by Sven Offen. Maya Hakvoort appears as Elisabeth, Kaiserin von Österreich, Máté Kamarás as Der Tod, Elisabeths Liebhaber, André Bauer as Kaiser Franz Joseph, Elisabeths Mann, and Serkan Kaya as Luigi Lucheni.

At 140 minutes long, it arrived in February 2005. Written by Michael Kunze.