Corsage

Released Dec 23, 2022

1 hr. 53 min.

History

Drama

Biography

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Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, 'Sissi' celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elizabeth's role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna. She travels to England and Bavaria, visiting former lovers and old friends, seeking the excitement and purpose of her youth. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elizabeth rebels against the hyperbolized image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

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Critics Consensus

Corsage puts a refreshingly irreverent spin on period biopic formulas, further elevated by Vicky Krieps' terrific turn in the central role.

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ntbobkat

Unusual and interesting.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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NdeL

I liked the movie very much. However, I don't think it was appropriate for an American audience. I was educated in Germany and am very familiar with the subject matter but here, a person off the street wouldn't have understood anything about the main character's personality and issues.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Charles

good movie! great acting !

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/08/23

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cory elzey

Perfect movie. Vicky Krieps is gniale! Beautiful flow, the entire movie had a beautiful transparency about it that made it so pleasing. The score was flawless.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/23

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Dylan

Great acting, gorgeous locations, well-paced, and very unexpectedly compelling.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/07/23

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Cassandra

A wild ride. Enthralling.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/23

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Marie Kreutzer

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Vicky Krieps

Empress Elisabeth

Florian Teichtmeister

Emperor Franz Joseph

Colin Morgan

Bay Middleton

Finnegan Oldfield

Louis Le Prince

Tamás Lengyel

Gyula Andrássy

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David Stratton

The Australian

Though many may well appreciate the film’s deliberate distortions and its rewriting of history, I found Corsage fascinating and irritating in more or less equal amounts.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 10, 2023

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Vicky Krieps, in a spectacular performance, illuminates a rather trudging narrative. Sisi spends much of the film gasping for breath; the rest she spends pining, weeping, brooding and rebelling.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 8, 2023

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Manuel Betancourt

AV Club

Corsage is a masterful and melancholy meditation on loneliness with a sucker punch of an ending.

Rated: A

Jan 19, 2023

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

It pisses me off when they take historical figures and change things that are facts

Apr 24, 2024

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

Vicki Krieps carried the movie for me

Apr 24, 2024

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

A crowning achievement [for star Vicky Krieps] in a short career almost solely composed of great performances.

Feb 13, 2024

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Synopsis

Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, 'Sissi' celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elizabeth's role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna. She travels to England and Bavaria, visiting former lovers and old friends, seeking the excitement and purpose of her youth. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elizabeth rebels against the hyperbolized image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

Director: Marie Kreutzer
Executive Producer: Vicky Krieps
Screenwriter: Marie Kreutzer
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: ZDF/Arte, Komplizen Film, arte France Cinéma, MK2 Films, Samsa Film, Arte, Film AG Produktion, Kazak Productions, Alamode Film, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
Genre: History, Drama, Biography
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 23, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $705.7K
Sound Mix: Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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