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The trilogy of the film "Cissy" is based on real people. Sissy was the nickname of Empress Elisabeth de Wittelbach of Austria as a child. She was originally the second daughter of Duke Max of Bavaria, Germany. When celebrating the 24th birthday of Austrian King Franz Joseph (reigned from 1848 to 1916), she and the handsome young king fell in love at first sight and later became married. Her beauty and youthful vigor fascinated all the courts of Europe. Later, when the "dual" monarchy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was established in the mid-1860s, Empress Sissi went to Hungary with her husband and became the supreme ruler there. As a queen, Xixi's life is luxurious and rich, but she is not happy. The cumbersome etiquette of the court makes her annoyed. Her mother-in-law Sophie can never be compatible with this wild girl who seems restless to her, even Restrict Franz from getting along with her. Her husband is busy with state affairs and cannot accompany her often. She feels lonely and lonely, so she travels frequently. Once, as she was leaving Vienna for a trip, she was greeted with ruthless news: her son Rudolf had committed suicide in his villa. She never recovered and her sister was later killed in a fire at a Paris charity. In September 1898, she visited Switzerland and came to Geneva. She was assassinated just as she was going to the Mont Blanc pier to board the ship. Shortly after Sissy's death, the writer and historian Konstantin Christomano wrote the novel "Elizabeth of Austria", and the film "Sissy" was adapted from this novel. The completion of this film had a great impact on the Austrian film industry. In the nearly ten years after the war in 1945, the Austrian film industry was influenced by the film ideas of some European countries. However, because it was not suitable for the public's viewing taste, it failed to form a climate, and it was always at a low ebb. Austrian cinema was even completely monopolized by Hollywood films for a time. This situation was only reversed after the release of the "Cissy" trilogy by Lichka Films. Since then, Austrian cinema has taken a step of revitalization, and even soared for a while.

After its release, "Sissi" not only became a favorite story for Austrian audiences and the entire German-speaking world (Austria, Germany and Switzerland), but also quickly became a sensation in Europe. An unforgettable movie. This is because it has a strong charm of beauty, and this beauty is composed of many factors. The first is the great charm of the actors. In 1954, when looking for actors for the "Sissi" trilogy, director Ernst Malichka was worried at first about who would play Sissi, because the female stars of German-language films at the time were not so good. There are many, such as Maria Schell, Ruprak and others who have both appearance and acting skills, they all want to play Xixi. Director Malichka has a discerning eye and selected 15-year-old Romy from many candidates. However, Romy was too young to perform the inevitable love scenes in the film, so Malichka waited a year before Romi turned 16 before officially starting the film. Schneider, who has not received performance training, lived up to expectations. With her incomparable intelligence and diligence, she played the joy and distress of Xixi's early years vividly, filling her image with a natural and pure charm of character and beauty. Her unique childish charming demeanor and rare youthful breath left a deep impression on the audience. She then starred in the second episode of the Sissy series, "The Young Queen" (1956), and the third episode, "The Queen's Destiny" (1957), also with great success. At the beginning, Malichka predicted to Romy: "Girls all over Europe will envy you!" After the release of "Cissy", this sentence became a reality. Wherever Romy went, people would point at her and say: "Look at her. , Sissi!"

The beauty of Xixi is the harmonious artistic beauty formed by the fusion of man and the natural world. Franz's reign was from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century in 1916. At this time, Austria was in a complicated domestic and foreign situation for a long time. A full article on the beauty of art. The film has the alluring brilliance of the most beautiful scenery films. In the video world of the "Sissi" trilogy, the film shows many beautiful natural beauties and magnificent artistic buildings, such as the blue Danube with flowing waves, and the Rhine Castle, which is known as one of the wonders of the world. , There is the beautiful Madeira, the Gough Island full of ancient Greek atmosphere, the Italian water town Venice, and the world-famous Milan's La Scala Opera House and the Venice Marcus Cathedral, as well as the splendid palace, Exquisite and gorgeous traditional royal ceremonies... All of these bring the audience a very strange and comfortable visual enjoyment, but the film is not an ordinary scenery display, but to show the beauty of the human world, the beauty of human nature and human feelings. The film harmoniously integrates the rich spiritual world into thousands of beautiful scenery, giving people a variety of physical and mental feelings. For example, when Sissi went to Austria by boat to get married, she went through various places, and it seemed that the buildings, mountains and rivers along the way were laughing with the most beautiful scenery; during the dull boat ride of the Austrian couple to Venice, the picturesque waves of the water town of Venice Lingling makes people feel the cold to the bone; the days when Xixi's mother accompanied Xixi to recuperate on the island, the sun was shining and the sea breeze was blowing, it was so warm that people couldn't help but want to embrace nature and deeply love life. At the same time, the music of "Xixi" also renders this kind of beauty from all aspects. In films like Sissy, often referred to as pink romances, the music is used at a greater length and weight than a typical feature film. Musical writing is also usually a post-Romantic style chapter that is melodic and easy to understand. The combined effect of all these artistic factors has touched the hearts of movie audiences from different countries and nationalities.

The connotation of the beauty of "Xisi" is love. In the early 1960s, the United States once re-edited the "Cissy" trilogy, merged it into two episodes and released it, and changed the title to "My Love Is Eternal", which more clearly indicated the trilogy. common theme core. Yes, the first "Princess Sissi" praised the pure love of the young princess in the legendary love story of the innocent Sissi and Emperor Franz. The second "Young Queen" shows that Queen Sophie, the defender of court etiquette, deprives Sissi of her mother's rights and happiness after giving birth to a child, thus unfolding a series of ups and downs dramatic conflicts, praising the young mother's True motherly love. The third "The Queen's Destiny" shows the audience that Xixi's love is broad, and the gradually mature Xixi showed her deep sympathy for the suffering and misfortune of the people in her initial political career. This kind of love greatly influenced the policies of Emperor Franz, and conflicted with the Empress Dowager on the issue of benevolent governance and tyrannical governance. It praised the benevolence of young politicians, and it has moving power. The audience will never forget the moment when Queen Sisi greeted her beloved daughter and her daughter ran to her on the Piazza del Duomo in Milan. This is also the communication of the world of fraternity. The film hints at the relationship between Sissi and the Hungarian Count Andrassy in life, which also reflects a kind of love. In her life, Sissy was indeed touched by Count Andrassy's fortitude, decisiveness and wisdom of running the country. Sissy even secretly fell in love with him, but because of her status as a queen, the relationship between them can only be platonic. spiritual love. So, Sissi regards Hungary as the incarnation of the count, and she combines her love for Hungary with her love for Andrassy. For a long time, she was the face of Andrássy and exerted a great influence on her husband Joseph's Hungarian policy.

The film "Sissi" is world-renowned, and it also makes people remember many people and things outside the film. People can't forget that whether it is the success of "Cissy" or Romy Schneider, it is inseparable from Romy's mother, Magda Schneider. Magda Schneider was a famous German film star in the 1930s who was good at playing light comedy roles. At the age of 15, Romy was recommended by Magda to participate in the filming of the film "If the White Lilac Reopens". She was a success in the teenage years in which she played the same role as her mother in the film. Later, Magda Snyder, who fully supported her daughter's creation, not only devoted all her efforts to her daughter's creation of Xixi's image, but also played a very important role in the film in order to set her off. Akane's mother, Duchess Rudovica. This senior actor, who is considered to have a strong sense of rhythm in acting, participated in the performance, which added glory to the "Sissi" trilogy. As the years go by, people more and more miss Romy Schneider, a superstar of a generation with great artistic talent, and mourn for this beautiful woman who has the same unfortunate life fate as Sissy: she was operated on due to kidney disease, A kidney was removed. Her marriage was unfortunate, the first husband committed suicide, the second husband was still in an old relationship with his ex-wife, they finally divorced, and the gruesome death of his beloved son followed. But Romy is tenacious, she overcame all kinds of difficulties and conscientiously shaped various screen female images, and achieved a series of successes. In 1976 she won the French Caesar Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in "Old Gun", and in 1978 she won the honor again for her role in "Ordinary Stories". The last film she starred in was called "Worry-free" Passerby, which was also an "actor film", in which Romy played two different worlds, different historical periods but women with the same fate. Romy played the different personalities of the two characters very clearly. At the same time, she infiltrates herself with the character with all her heart and soul, making the character full of charm. On May 29, 1982, when the film was released, she died suddenly of heart failure with a lot of trauma, at the age of 43. In order to commemorate this female actress who has made 60 films for more than 20 years and is well-known in the world film industry, in August of the same year, at the 6th World Film Festival held in Montreal, Canada, the "Rome Schneider" was specially established and awarded for the first time. Award" to reward young actresses who are talented and budding in their acting skills. It is the first time in the history of film that it is named after a movie star and has a special award at the world film festival. Audiences will never forget the beautiful and moving screen art images and the same beautiful moving images that diligently created them. human artist. Romy Schneider earned his name after his short life.