Corsage

2022

1h 54m

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6.1/10

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A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

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Marie Kreutzer

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Marie Kreutzer(writer by)

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Vicky Krieps

Florian Teichtmeister

Katharina Lorenz

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Vicky Krieps

Empress Elisabeth

Florian Teichtmeister

Franz Josef

Marie Festetics

Ida Ferenczy

Fanny Feifalik

Louis Le Prince

Ludwig II

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

Bay Middleton

Gyula Andrássy

Mrs. Andrássy

Georg Raab, Painter of the Court

Raphael Nicholas

Earl of Spencer

Rosa Hajjaj

Valerie

Lilly Marie Tschörtner

Marie

May Garzon

Lady of Spencer

Norman Hacker

Chief Physician Leidesdorf

Marlene Hauser

Chambermaid Fini

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Marie Kreutzer

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Marie Kreutzer(writer by)

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The danger with fictional accounts of the lives of real people, is that it is frequently all to easy to poke holes in the plot. This is one such film that takes just a little too much creative licence with the the life of the Empress Elisabeth (Vicky Krieps). Wife of the famed Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef (Florian Teichtmeister), this film follows a supposed year in the life of this curious historical figure who, having suffered a family tragedy and enduring a rather estranged emotional relationship with her husband, spends much of her life obsessing with her weight and seeking solitude. Krieps is on good form, she creates a persona for her character that is effective to watch, but the mixture of modern and period scenarios (old buildings with modern fire doors; a cross-channel ferry!) seems anachronistic - to what end? The buildings in which she and her family inhabit have none of the opulence and grandeur of the Hofburg or Prague Castle, indeed the British home of her horse-master "Bay" (Colin Morgan) looks little better that a ramshackle ruin - and this is incongruous with the way we know she lived her life. Reclusive, yes, but still in splendour. It is also a particularly unremarkable year in her life to have chosen to illustrate. Not the previous ones where turbulence within the Imperial family reigned, not the famed "Mayerling" period which was ultimately held responsible for the final decline of this lady. There is also an highly speculative portrayal of her relationship with Bavaria's equally famous King Ludwig II (Manuel Rubey) that adds little. The denouement itself is presented here in a rather too bizarre fashion that disappointingly topped off this interesting but frankly flat and pace-less drama that offers us a glimpse of this intriguing woman, but little more of substance. Pity.

Geronimo196724 Dec, 2022