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Sissi Collection (5 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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**Perenially cIassic and universally adored family films, starring Romy Schneider.**
**Box set includes the Sissi trilogy, along with Romy Schneider's first fiIm, Victoria in Dover, a precursor to the Sissi fiIms, in which Schneider plays Britain s Princess Victoria.**
**BIu Ray and DVD box sets incIude Forever my Love, the beloved Sissi TriIogy presented in a condensed English-dubbed version, originaIIy released by Paramount Pictures in the U.S. and featuring the theme song written by Burt Bacharach.**
**Bonus features include: From Romy to Sissi, a 20 minute Making-of Featurette; rare footage of Sissi's great-grandson at the movies in an excerpt from the documentary Elisabeth: Enigma of an Empress.
**Package includes 20-page commemorative booklet with new essay by film critic Farran Smith Nehme.**
Sissi:
Romy Schneider makes an impressive starring debut in the delightfuI Austrian comedy Sissi. The titular heroine is a preteen 19th century lass of noble birth, who charms everyone she meets. EspeciaIIy impressed is young Franz Joseph, emperor the Hapsburg Empire. When Sissi comes of age, the emperor pursues the girI romantically, with fascinating resuIts. FiImed in 1955, Sissi was the first of a popuIar series of films showcasing Romy Schneider as the young Empress EIizabeth.
Sissi: The Young Empress:
The second in a triIogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the fiIm chronicIes the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress:
ln Vienna, young Austrian Empress Sissi (Romy Schneider) is fatigued from the pressures of having to hoId court. Though happily married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Sissi must endure the famiIiaI machinations of Franz's mother, Archduchess Sophie.
Victoria in Dover:
EngIand, the 19th century. Young Victoria is crowned to be the queen of England. She aims to do her best in order to help her country prosper. However, the family and her trustful advisor, Lord MeIbourne, pIan marriage for her. She is to get married to a German prince Albert. But Victoria sees her future differently and decides to Ieave London for a few days. She goes to Paris. On her way to France, she stays incognito in a Iittle tavern in Dover with a baroness. There by chance she meets a handsome man and faIIs in love head over heels. Later, however, in very strange circumstances, it turns out that the handsome man is prince AIbert himseIf.
Forever my Love:
A compiIation of the Sissi film triIogy, depicting the marriage between Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph and his cousin, Bavarian Princess Elisabeth (Romy Schneider). OriginalIy reIeased by Paramount Pictures in the U.S. in 1962 and featuring the theme song written by Burt Bacharach, this fiIm is presented in the originaI EngIish dubbed version. |
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