16-годишната принцеса Елизабет, “Сиси”, придружава майка си и сестра си Хелене до Австрийския дворец в Ишъл, където ще бъде обявен официално годежът между Хелене и младият император Франц Йозеф. Но императорът среща Сиси, излязла на риболов и се вклюбва в нея. Сиси обича Франц Йозеф, но брак с него идва в повече на неговата високомерна и своеволна майка.
Елизабет трябва да вложи всичко от себе си, за да се противопостави на превратностите на съдбата. Тя проявява способностите си да се справи с държавните дела и със свекърва си Софи. Когато Елизабет заедно с граф Андерше заминават за Унгария, за да успокоят възбунтувалите се дворяни, херцогиня Софи разпространява слуха за връзка между императрицата и графа.
Сиси трудно се адаптира към живота си като императрица на Австрия и то най-вече поради факта, че трябва да живее заедно със свекървата си. Ерцхерцогиня Софи е абсолютна интригантка, която постоянно се меси в това как императора управлява империята и как Сиси възпитава първородната си дъщеря.
After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.
Младата принцеса София от Германия е принудена да замине за Русия, за да се омъжи за наследника на императрицата - Пьотр. Властната императрица крои планове по този начин да подобри кралското потекло на фамилията. София не харесва съпруга си, но е привързана силно към Русия и войниците й. Като предана на мъжа си съпруга, тя му ражда наследник и независимо че бащинството се оказва спорно, явно за никого не е важно това. След като старата императрица умира, София замисля военен преврат с висши армейски генерали, отстранява Пьотр и изгрява пред света като Екатерина Велика.
След като запалва Рим, императорът Нерон решава да се разправи с всички християни като ги изведе на арената. Възрастна двойка е на път да бъде заличена, когато Марк, най-висшият военен в Рим, решава да ги помилва. Причината е, че великият войн се влюбва в тяхната доведена дъщеря. Новата му любов му навлича гнева както на императора, който е бесен, че Марк се е отнесъл така с християните, така и на императрицата, която всъщност е влюбена във война и не може да прикрие ревността си.
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.
The Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph falls in love with the young Elisabeth. It's love at first sight but Franz Joseph's mother Sophie doesn't approve this love.
September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated Empress Elisabeth in Geneva. He then shuts himself up in his private rooms and recalls the empress’ fateful life. We learn the truth about Elisabeth, as the doctor knew more about her than anyone else.
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the boundaries of fantasy in this tale of myth and magic that is certain to capture the imagination. As young Bastian opens the pages of "The Neverending Story," he learns that the Childlike Princess is near death and Fantasia is in danger of falling prey to the Dark Princess Xayide. Soon falling through the written page and into a world beyond his wildest imagination, Bastian's alter ego Atreyu must enlist the help of his trusty sidekick Fly Girl and mischievous hucksters Rip Rowdy and Wexlerian if there is any hope of unlocking the mystery of the Southern Oracle and awakening the Childlike Empress to bring order back to Fantasia.
The young emperor Joseph II of Austria and Hungary is not interested in romance and marriage, and every time his mother makes arrangements for him to meet eligible young ladies, he escapes under some pretense. This time he is off on a 'tour of inspection' with his trusted friend von Kleber. Things become complicated when von Kleber, pretending to be the emperor so as to protect the real Joseph from discovery, falls in love with Christine, the landlady of their lodgings. And when Christine later writes to the emperor, her letter is read by the mother of the real emperor, as keen as ever to see him getting married, and so the lady is invited to the imperial court.
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition. The severely intoxicated Prince Potemkin concludes that the handsome Edstaston would be a suitable lover for Catherine, and he coerces the bewildered visitor into her bedchamber. Edstaston manages to escape, but he is repeatedly recaptured and delivered to the mischievous Catherine.
Evil Bash-Chelik is terrorizing people, but only the magic sword can harm him. A young hero goes on the dangerous quest to find that sword.
A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed it from her employer--the empress of France. The marquis mistakenly thinks he was nursed by the empress, herself, and decides to woo her.
The film tells the story of Laxenburg from 13th century, when it was used for hunting and fishing trips by the imperial Habsburg family, to modern day, a popular summer resort and a bustling international community.
Today Laxenburg is also home to IIASA, the Austrian Film Archive, and the International Anti-Corruption Academy. The film will also feature these organizations, their history, and the important work they do in the field of research and diplomacy that goes far beyond Austria's borders.
Elisabeth of Austria is a German movie with Lil Dagover as royalty Elisabeth who has many men to choose from.
A few hours in the life of empress Sisi; a summer night at Gödöllö. A game with operetta and melodrama; a grotesque with much colour, music, dancing, and bloodshed.