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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1957 · 109 min · Director: Ernst Marischka ★ IMDb 6.6 · 6,705 ratings

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After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.

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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance, History. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Joy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 57 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveJoySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy35 %13 %27 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Joy37 %18 %21 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor44 %27 %23 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor48 %25 %29 %1 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Tension45 %18 %26 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Humor46 %25 %21 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Sadness53 %31 %15 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Sadness55 %36 %16 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Love59 %45 %30 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Tension68 %40 %29 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Sadness78 %40 %11 %64 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Sadness81 %54 %5 %75 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Sadness74 %56 %20 %59 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Joy65 %48 %44 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 79′Joy61 %39 %53 %8 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Humor59 %29 %36 %6 %
82.5 %≈ 90′Tension59 %18 %20 %6 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Humor60 %18 %21 %8 %
92.5 %≈ 101′Tension68 %40 %39 %15 %
97.5 %≈ 106′Joy80 %67 %63 %20 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

KB
Karlheinz Böhm

MS
Magda Schneider

UF
Uta Franz

WR
Walther Reyer

VD
Vilma Degischer

JM
Josef Meinrad

SW
Senta Wengraf

CB
Chariklia Baxevanos

Sv
Susanne von Almassy

Princess Beatrice

KK
Klaus Knuth

Prince Ludwig

EN
Erich Nikowitz

Archduke Franz Karl

HZ
Hans Ziegler

Dr. Seeburger

SS
Sonia Sorel

Henriette Mendel

Details

Directed by
Ernst Marischka
Written by
Ernst Marischka
Type
Movies
Released
1957
Runtime
109 min
Country
Austria
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 6,705 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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