Description: Why does this quality always suck??! Picture of Empress Elisabeth of Austria: upload.wikimedia.org I know, many of you guys were curious to see another North & South video Sorry to disappoint you with that As a Bavarian girl I am predetermined to be a Sisi fan I know the Sissi movies with Romy Schneider by heart and also explored almost all places where the real Elisabeth once lived Last December a german channel aired a new version of Sissi I liked it very much! It wasnt that cheesy (Franz!! - Sissi!!), more dramatic. And I know, by many biographies - reading, that Sisi wasn't that loving and caring for everyone, she and Franz had a really bad relation, involving lovers, but still I liked the version very much. I had some really big problems with cutting the scenes and editing, considering, that the mini series / movie has a length of over 3 hours Im aware, that the mini series only got aired in Italy and Germany (as far as I know), so heres a short sinopsis, maybe it can help you to understand. Also I uploaded this video to animate you guys to give this mini series a chance and maybe buy the DVD? In 1853 Elisabeth accompanied her mother and her 18-year-old sister, Duchess Helene, on a trip to the resort of Bad Ischl, Upper Austria. Her mother hoped Helene would attract the attention of their maternal first cousin, 23-year-old Franz Joseph, then Emperor of Austria. Instead, Franz Joseph chose the 15-year old Elisabeth, and the couple were married a year later in Vienna ...