Movie

Sissi: The Young Empress

★ 7.1(374)19561h 47m

Sissi: The Young Empress is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video in Belgium. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 21 July 2026.

Where to watch Sissi: The Young Empress

🇧🇪 Belgium

Amazon VideoRent

Amazon VideoBuy

Good to know

Director: Ernst Marischka
Release date: 1956-12-01
Runtime: 1h 47m
Language: German
Status: Released
Country: Austria
Studio: Erma-Film
Part of: Sissi Collection

About Sissi: The Young Empress

Sissi: The Young Empress is a 1956 movie in the Drama, Comedy and Romance genres, directed by Ernst Marischka, starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm and Magda Schneider. It has a runtime of 1 hour 47 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.1/10 from 374 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Sissi: The Young Empress in Belgium — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.

Cast

Romy Schneider

Empress Elisabeth

Karlheinz Böhm

Emperor Franz Joseph

Magda Schneider

Duchess Ludovika

Vilma Degischer

Archduchess Sophie

Gustav Knuth

Duke Max

Walther Reyer

Count Andrassy

Josef Meinrad

Major Böckl

Senta Wengraf

Countess Bellegarde

Uta Franz

Princess Helene

Franz Böheim

Johann Petzmacher

Erich Nikowitz

Archduke Franz Karl

Hans Ziegler

Dr. Seeburger

Themes & keywords

husband wife relationshippregnancyhomelandbavaria, germanybad mother-in-lawmountainhungarycoronationharassmentalptyrolhikingbiographyhistorical figureempress