Corsage: Marie Kreutzer’s Singular Biopic of Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) of Austria (Cannes Fest 2022)

Kreutzer: Biopic of Austria’s Empress Elisabeth during Mid-Life Crisis Kreutzer would visit the former Imperial Palace, to which she was close in proximity during her research, which influenced her story.   Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage tells the tale of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, whose vanity and stubbornness complicate her royal status as she approaches middle age COURTESY […]

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