Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)

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Sissi has proven her ability to not only handle affairs of state but also her mother-in-law. But as Sissi travels to Hungary with Count Andrassy in an effort to calm the insubordinate nobility, Archduchess Sophie spreads rumors about an affair between Sissi and the Count. When Franz Joseph meets Sissi in Ischl, she informs him that she is suffering from pulmonary disease and needs to be treated in Greece. After her health improves, she travels with Franz Joseph to visit Austria's Italian provinces. Despite fierce opposition to Austrian rule, Sissi wins over the hearts of her Italian subjects and is cheered by throngs of Venetians at a brilliant reception in Saint Mark's Square.