Michael
2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1999
Elisabeth The Musical
Directed by
Eddy Habbema
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 …
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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.
Cast
Pia DouwesKeizerin Elisabeth
Stanley BurlesonDe Dood
Wim Van Den DriesscheLuigi Lucheni
Jeroen PhaffKeizer Frans Jozef I
Doris BaatenAartshertogin Sophie van Beieren
Addo KruizingaAartshertog Rudolf (volwassen)
Nico SchaapHertog Maximiliaan Jozef
Nicole HermansHelene in Beieren/Frau Wolf
Robbert KleinKleine Rudolf
René van Kooten
Timo Bakker
Ron Barents
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Derek Blok
Michel Driesse
Margot Giselle
Linda Hibma
Benno Hoogveld
Eihlin ten Hoopen
Myrna van Kemenade
Gina de Laat
Bastiaan Leijendekker
Marleen Van Der Loo
Ger Otte
Ton Peeters
Céline Purcell
Els-Marijke Reuver
Eva Roest
Isabelle Scholte
Birger Severen
Madeleine Sie
Jurgen Stein
Peter Stoelhorst
Marianne Van der Veken
Thomasj Vets
Marc van Zijp
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