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- No pain, no reign.

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Release Date : 2022-07-07

Language :EnglishFrenchGermanHungarianItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Film AGKazak ProductionsKomplizen FilmSamsa FilmZDF/Arte

Production Country : AustriaFranceGermanyLuxembourg

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Vicky Krieps

Character Name : Empress Elisabeth

Original Name : Vicky Krieps

Gender : Female

Florian Teichtmeister

Character Name : Franz Josef

Original Name : Florian Teichtmeister

Gender : Male

Katharina Lorenz

Character Name : Marie Festetics

Original Name : Katharina Lorenz

Gender : Female

Jeanne Werner

Character Name : Ida Ferenczy

Original Name : Jeanne Werner

Gender : Female

Alma Hasun

Character Name : Fanny Feifalik

Original Name : Alma Hasun

Gender : Female

Finnegan Oldfield

Character Name : Louis Le Prince

Original Name : Finnegan Oldfield

Gender : Male

Manuel Rubey

Character Name : Ludwig II

Original Name : Manuel Rubey

Gender : Male

Aaron Friesz

Character Name : Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

Original Name : Aaron Friesz

Gender : Male

Colin Morgan

Character Name : Bay Middleton

Original Name : Colin Morgan

Gender : Male

Tamás Lengyel

Character Name : Gyula Andrássy

Original Name : Tamás Lengyel

Gender : Male

Ivana Urban

Character Name : Mrs. Andrássy

Original Name : Ivana Urban

Gender : Female

Alexander Pschill

Character Name : Georg Raab, Painter of the Court

Original Name : Alexander Pschill

Gender : Male

Raphael Nicholas

Character Name : Earl of Spencer

Original Name : Raphael Nicholas

Gender : Male

Rosa Hajjaj

Character Name : Valerie

Original Name : Rosa Hajjaj

Gender : Female

Lilly Marie Tschörtner

Character Name : Marie

Original Name : Lilly Marie Tschörtner

Gender : Female

May Garzon

Character Name : Lady of Spencer

Original Name : May Garzon

Gender : Female

Norman Hacker

Character Name : Chief Physician Leidesdorf

Original Name : Norman Hacker

Gender : Male

Marlene Hauser

Character Name : Chambermaid Fini

Original Name : Marlene Hauser

Gender : Female

Adrien Papritz

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Adrien Papritz

Gender : Male

Oliver Rosskopf

Character Name : Eugen Ketterl

Original Name : Oliver Rosskopf

Gender : Male

Peter Faerber

Character Name : Prince of Auersperg

Original Name : Peter Faerber

Gender : Male

Klaus Huhle

Character Name : Hofarzt von Widerhofer

Original Name : Klaus Huhle

Gender : Male

Johanna Mahaffy

Character Name : Chambermaid Lotti

Original Name : Johanna Mahaffy

Gender : Female

David Oberkogler

Character Name : Count Latour of Thurmburg

Original Name : David Oberkogler

Gender : Male

Alice Prosser

Character Name : Anna Nahowski

Original Name : Alice Prosser

Gender : Female

Stefan Puntigam

Character Name : Otto

Original Name : Stefan Puntigam

Gender : Male

Resi Reiner

Character Name : Chambermaid Lisi

Original Name : Resi Reiner

Gender : Female

Raphael von Bargen

Character Name : Constable Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst

Original Name : Raphael von Bargen

Gender : Male

Regina Fritsch

Character Name : Countess of Fürstenberg

Original Name : Regina Fritsch

Gender : Female

Johannes Rhomberg

Character Name : Carl Freiherr von Hasenauer

Original Name : Johannes Rhomberg

Gender : Male

Kajetan Dick

Character Name : Cajetan Felder

Original Name : Kajetan Dick

Gender : Male

Astrid Perz

Character Name : Nanny Minny

Original Name : Astrid Perz

Gender : Female

Eva Spreitzhofer

Character Name : Princess Marie of Hohenlohe

Original Name : Eva Spreitzhofer

Gender : Female

Stefan Murr

Character Name : Count Holnstein

Original Name : Stefan Murr

Gender : Male

Nils Arztmann

Character Name : Young Soldier

Original Name : Nils Arztmann

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-12-25

The danger with fictional accounts of the lives of real people, is that it is frequently all to easy to poke holes in the plot. This is one such film that takes just a little too much creative licence with the the life of the Empress Elisabeth (Vicky Krieps). Wife of the famed Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef (Florian Teichtmeister), this film follows a supposed year in the life of this curious historical figure who, having suffered a family tragedy and enduring a rather estranged emotional relationship with her husband, spends much of her life obsessing with her weight and seeking solitude. Krieps is on good form, she creates a persona for her character that is effective to watch, but the mixture of modern and period scenarios (old buildings with modern fire doors; a cross-channel ferry!) seems anachronistic - to what end? The buildings in which she and her family inhabit have none of the opulence and grandeur of the Hofburg or Prague Castle, indeed the British home of her horse-master "Bay" (Colin Morgan) looks little better that a ramshackle ruin - and this is incongruous with the way we know she lived her life. Reclusive, yes, but still in splendour. It is also a particularly unremarkable year in her life to have chosen to illustrate. Not the previous ones where turbulence within the Imperial family reigned, not the famed "Mayerling" period which was ultimately held responsible for the final decline of this lady. There is also an highly speculative portrayal of her relationship with Bavaria's equally famous King Ludwig II (Manuel Rubey) that adds little. The denouement itself is presented here in a rather too bizarre fashion that disappointingly topped off this interesting but frankly flat and pace-less drama that offers us a glimpse of this intriguing woman, but little more of substance. Pity.