tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post5343251597976165984..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Sissi (1955)elena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-67434176427201194152011-01-21T09:14:57.658-05:002011-01-21T09:14:57.658-05:00F-J was extremely business-like, and put duty firs...F-J was extremely business-like, and put duty first, which is what helped him to hold the empire together for as long as he did. Sisi was a free spirit. I think that those incompatibilities could have been overcome if F-J's mother had not been there deliberately driving a wedge between the young couple. I will talk more about that when I review the second film.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821312108528134571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-51524612627984948522011-01-21T03:02:19.316-05:002011-01-21T03:02:19.316-05:00Maria Elena:
I saw only parts of the movie in Fre...Maria Elena:<br /><br />I saw only parts of the movie in French. I thought it was fun to watch but a little tedious.;)<br /><br />In any case, you intrigue me what were the basic incompatibilities between Elizabeth and Franz-Joseph? Would Franz-Joseph have been better off with Helene?<br /><br />xavierxavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924047562026242210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-78439607173794712082011-01-20T10:22:35.687-05:002011-01-20T10:22:35.687-05:00True, Matterhorn.
I agree, Julygirl.
Thank you f...True, Matterhorn.<br /><br />I agree, Julygirl.<br /><br />Thank you for the links, Clare!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821312108528134571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-64797441955518661752011-01-19T23:08:12.924-05:002011-01-19T23:08:12.924-05:00Ravishing hair, for sure - the times were opulent ...Ravishing hair, for sure - the times were opulent and extravagant at court. Here's a few of the jewels she adorned that mane of hers with:<br />http://www.royal-magazin.de/austria/empress-sisi-star.htm<br />(and how good they still looked when her granddaughter inherited them<br />http://www.royal-magazin.de/austria/schmuck-windisch-graetz.htm<br />and then again a generation or two later, this time as earrings<br />http://www.royal-magazin.de/austria/windisch-graetz.html )<br />Here's a second set, this time using pearls:<br />http://www.royal-magazin.de/austria/sterne-kaiserin-elisabeth.htm<br /><br />which brings to mind a roughly contemporanous Edwardian story of O. Henry's told in comin form here:<br />http://www.artofpcraigrussell.com/archives/57<br /><br />Chuckle!<br />Clare KrishanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-2002952291008322912011-01-19T15:22:40.741-05:002011-01-19T15:22:40.741-05:00Nothing was spared in the gorgeous and stunning co...Nothing was spared in the gorgeous and stunning costumes and scenery in this film series. <br /><br />It was also helpful to me to learn more about the many quirky characters of the royal family of the Austria-Hungarian Empire.Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-31577205054037754612011-01-19T14:58:44.434-05:002011-01-19T14:58:44.434-05:00Well, this marriage seems to have been an illustra...Well, this marriage seems to have been an illustration of the fact that romantic passions are not enough. You have to work hard at loving someone, it's a matter of will and character, not just emotion.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com