Corsage

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Corsage

Released Dec 23, 2022

1h 53m

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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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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Marie Kreutzer's study of the fascinating life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria puts most other 'feminist' period dramas to shame - and Vicky Krieps rules the screen.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 18, 2024

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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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Connor Lightbody

InSession Film

A devilishly entertaining, tangibly textured, provocative film on a self-destructive woman hellbent on not conforming to societal strictures

Rated: 4/5

Jul 8, 2024

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Kreutzer and Krieps’ version of feminism has women in power erasing actual or potential targeted victims and centering themselves as the real victims

Jun 2, 2024

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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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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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Florian Teichtmeister

Emperor Franz Joseph

Colin Morgan

Bay Middleton

Finnegan Oldfield

Louis Le Prince

Tamás Lengyel

Gyula Andrássy

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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
Producer: Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
Screenwriter: Marie Kreutzer
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Samsa Film, ZDF/Arte, Arte, Film AG Produktion, arte France Cinéma, Alamode Film, Komplizen Film, MK2 Films, Kazak Productions
Genre: History, Drama, Biography
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 23, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $705.7K
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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