Elisabeth
Feb 01 2005
•2h 20m
•Drama, Music
The musical tells the story of Elisabeth ("Sissi"), the Empress of Austria, from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni, through the lens of her growing obsession with Death as her marriage and her empire crumble around her at the turn of the century.
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Maya Hakvoort
Elisabeth, Kaiserin von Österreich
Máté Kamarás
Der Tod, Elisabeths Liebhaber
André Bauer
Kaiser Franz Joseph, Elisabeths Mann
Serkan Kaya
Luigi Lucheni
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