Sissi creative background

In the early 1950s, Ernst Marischka began preparations to bring Sissi's legend to the big screen  . The film was co-produced by the Federal Republic of Germanyand Austria  , Marischka himself acted as the screenwriter. When he wrote the screenplay, he weakened the tragic elements in Sissi's stories as much as possible, and painted the bright side. Franz in his pen is an ideal husband and an enlightened monarch who is more perfect than reality. , downplaying the crisis-ridden and crumbling rule of Austria at the time, and Sissi's life, if any problems arose, quickly dissipated; Marischka not only made these beautifications, but also added fictional telegraph operators and neurotic gendarmerie to the script. Major Burkell, to add to the hilarity. He finished the script after several drafts.