Recording of a Dutch performance of the musical Elisabeth. It portrays the life and death of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as "Sisi", the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I, from her engagement and marriage in 1854 to her murder in 1898 at the hands of the Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni; it focuses on her growing obsession with death, as her marriage and the empire crumble around her just before the turn of the 20th century.
Stars: Pia Douwes, Stanley Burleson, Wim Van Den Driessche, Jeroen Phaff, Doris Baaten, Addo Kruizinga
Crew: Sylvester Levay (Music), Michael Kunze (Writer), Michael Kunze (Lyricist), Seth Gaaikema (Translator), Eddy Habbema (Director), Paul Eenens (Dramaturgy)
Country: Netherlands
Language: Nederlands
Studio: Joop van den Ende producties
Runtime: 142 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 21, 1999
IMDb: 10
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