German and Austrian Royalty
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1. Ludwig (1973)
R | 238 min | Biography, Drama, History
The reign of the tormented Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from 1864 to 1886.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano
Votes: 5,987
2. Sissi (1955)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz
Votes: 9,972
3. Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956)
107 min | Drama, History
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 7,345
4. Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957)
109 min | Drama, History, Romance
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 5,986
5. Princess Sissi (1997–1998)
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The smart and beautiful Sissi does everything to be with her beloved charming Prince Franz, but many people try to stop the couple from living happily ever after...
Stars: Jacob Tierney, Terri Hawkes, Terrence Scammell, Elisabeth Fargeot
Votes: 847
6. Kronprinz Rudolf (2006– )
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
A retelling of the tragic love affair between Austrian Archduke Rudolf and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Stars: Max von Thun, Vittoria Puccini, Omar Sharif, Christian Clavier
Votes: 455
7. Mayerling (1968)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Votes: 1,754
8. Mayerling (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Yolande Laffon
Votes: 954 | Gross: $0.24M
9. Kronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe (1956)
99 min | Drama, History
The tragic 1889 Mayerling Incident in which Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and his lover, Baroness Mary Vetsera, committed suicide.
Director: Rudolf Jugert | Stars: Rudolf Prack, Christiane Hörbiger, Winnie Markus, Lil Dagover
Votes: 93
10. Ludwig II (2012)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at age 18 to his passionate support of... See full summary »
Directors: Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr | Stars: Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Hannah Herzsprung, Edgar Selge
Votes: 878
11. Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament's will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. His love-life being as fruitless, he seeks ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: O.W. Fischer, Marianne Koch, Paul Bildt, Friedrich Domin
Votes: 341
12. Ludwig II. (1922)
Director: Otto Kreisler | Stars: Olaf Fjord, Thea Rosenquist, Eugen Preiß, Franz Scherer
13. Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern (1930)
117 min | Biography, Drama, History
Second of two German silents about the life of Bavarian king Ludwig II, a character who would much later also be the center of a film by Luchino Visconti.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Dieterle, Theodor Loos, Eugen Burg, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 60
14. Ludwig 1881 (1993)
90 min | Biography, Drama
In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef Kainz, to act out the scenes from a story which took place on the lake, at the actual locations.
Directors: Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini | Stars: Helmut Berger, Max Tidof, Michael Schiller, Dietmar Mössmer
Votes: 63
15. Sophie - Sissis kleine Schwester (2001 TV Movie)
186 min | Drama
Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher | Stars: Valerie Koch, Steffen Groth, Fritz Karl, Miguel Herz-Kestranek
Votes: 92
16. Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the legendary King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), his opera interest and friendship with theatre personalities such as Richard Wagner and Joseph Kainz, and at the same time a reflection of the German 1800s.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven, Hanna Köhler, Ursula Strätz
Votes: 336
17. Das Schweigen am Starnbergersee (1920)
82 min | Biography
The fateful last days in the life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
Director: Rolf Raffé | Stars: Oskar Bayrer, Ferdinand Bonn, Karl Guttenberger, Anton Herrmann
Votes: 22
19. De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940)
89 min | Drama
In the late 1800's, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He's already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas; this... See full summary »
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge, Aimé Clariond, Jean Worms
Votes: 299 | Gross: $0.01M
20. The Secret of Mayerling (1949)
90 min | Drama
On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Claude Farell, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 71
21. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 667
22. Sisi (2009)
200 min | Drama, History, Romance
Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph falls in love with young Elisabeth. It's love at first sight but Franz Joseph's mother Sophie doesn't approve of the relationship.
Stars: Clemens Kienast, Cristiana Capotondi, David Rott, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 622
23. Sissi, l'impératrice rebelle (2004 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
The last three days in the life of Elizabeth of Austria before her assassination
Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Arielle Dombasle, Stéphane Audran, Didier Bezace, Frédéric van den Driessche
Votes: 116
24.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Sissi impératrice: Amour, gloire et tragédie
(2011)
Biography, History
About the life, love, glory and ultimately unhappiness of Sissi, the empress of Austria.
Stars: Stéphane Bern, Jean des Cars, Hortense Dufour
Votes: 7
25.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Pourquoi Sissi a t'elle été assassinée?
(2007)
Biography, History
Star: Stéphane Bern
26.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
François Ferdinand ou la fin du monde
(2014)
Biography, History
About Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 is generally seen as the event marking the outbreak of Word War One.
Director: David Jankowski | Star: Stéphane Bern
27.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Sacré Charlemagne!
(2015)
107 min | Biography, History
About Charlemagne, the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in the 8th and early 9th century.
Director: Antoine De Meaux | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Dominique Alibert, Geneviève Bührer-Thierry, Bruno Dumezil
Votes: 8
28. Lola Montès (1955)
Not Rated | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol
Votes: 6,039 | Gross: $0.11M
29. Charlemagne (1993– )
90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Young Charlemagns is placed on the Frankish throne in the middle of the 8th Century A.D. Despite having many powerful enemies he slowly unites the nations of Western Europe and rebuilds civilization on the ruins of the Roman Empire.
Stars: Christian Brendel, Anny Duperey, Lino Capolicchio, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Votes: 236
30. Königin Luise (1957)
100 min | Drama
The life of Luise de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia, and her opposition to Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Ruth Leuwerik, Dieter Borsche, Bernhard Wicki, René Deltgen
Votes: 69
31. Maria Theresia (1951)
91 min | Drama, History
Director: Emil E. Reinert | Stars: Paula Wessely, Fred Liewehr, Marianne Schönauer, Rosa Albach-Retty
Votes: 37
32.
Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999– )
Episode:
Friedrich der Gebissene - Der letzte Staufer
(2003)
History
33.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Ludwig II. und die Bayern
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
King Ludwig II mounted the Bavarian throne at 19 at his father's death. His political ambition was to maintain Bavaria as truly sovereign member of the German League of 39 states ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: André Kaczmarczyk, Hans Mittermüller, Hans-Michael Körner, Wolfram Siemann
Votes: 20
34.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Karl der Große und die Sachsen
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
Charlemagne, son of a new dynasty started as ministers of the former Merovingian kings of the Franks, turned his people's realm into a Germanic empire, a Catholic rebirth of western Rome's,... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Carsten Gutschmidt, Martin Carazo Mendez, Judith Voelker, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: Jens Schäfer, Hans Mittermüller, Stefan Weinfurter, Bernd Schneidmüller
Votes: 20
35.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Friedrich II. und der Kreuzzug
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
Frederick II Hohenstaufen was an enlightened, tolerant, yet absolute king in the Neopolitan realm of the two Sicilies where he studied nature and science from Moors in self-designed castles... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Feyerabend, Daniel Sich | Stars: Michael Pink, Olaf B. Rader, Stefan Weinfurter
Votes: 16
36.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Karl IV. und der Schwarze Tod
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
Future Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV lost his father in the Hundred Years War on the loosing French side at the battle of Crécy. The heir of the house of Luxemburg made Prague in his rich ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: Christoph Jacobi, Hans Mittermüller, Bernd Schneidmüller, Stefan Weinfurter
Votes: 18
37.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
August der Starke und die Liebe
(2010)
43 min | Documentary, History
August the strong, so called on account of his physical strength and virility in bed, was the most famous and ambitious elector of Saxony, a quiet and wealthy part of pre-united Germany. He... See full summary »
Directors: Carsten Gutschmidt, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: Jirí Machácek, Hans Mittermüller, Olaf B. Rader, Peter Richter
Votes: 19
38.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Otto und das Reich
(2008)
43 min | Documentary, History
Charlemagne, king of the Franconian tribe, founded the Holy Roman Empire, but is disintegrated by dividing succession without creating a nation, hence he's revered equally by Germany and ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Stephan Koester, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: David C. Bunners, Hans Mittermüller, Gerd Althoff, Stefan Weinfurter
Votes: 38
39.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Heinrich und der Papst
(2008)
43 min | Documentary, History
German king Henry IV, future emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, was orphaned young and traumatized during his mother's regency and his own kidnapping till majority by the imperial bishops ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Stephan Koester, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: Mickey Hardt, Hans Mittermüller, Stefan Weinfurter, Gerd Althoff
Votes: 30
40.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Barbarossa und der Löwe
(2008)
43 min | Documentary, History
Frederic I Barbarossa, whose (Hohen) Staufian dynasty's 'home duchies' were in the Southwest, successfully unestablished himself as German king when his cousin duke Henry the Lion, of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Twente, Stephan Koester, Robert Wiezorek | Stars: Bernd Gnann, Hans Mittermüller, Stefan Weinfurter, Joachim Ehlers
Votes: 23
41.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Preußens Friedrich und die Kaiserin
(2008)
43 min | Documentary, History
Frederic II the Great of Prussia and the contemporary Habsburg imperial couple, archduchess Maria Theresia and husband Francis, rivaled for preeminence in the German heartland of the empire... See full summary »
Directors: Olaf Götz, Stephan Koester, Erica von Moeller | Stars: Yasmina Djaballah, Ulrich Wiggers, Hans Mittermüller, Johannes Kunisch
Votes: 21
42.
Die Deutschen (2008– )
Episode:
Wilhelm und die Welt
(2008)
43 min | Documentary, History
German emperor Wilhelm (William) II dreams of a colonial empire rivaling the other great European powers' overseas territories, but is simply too late. Still he and his government manage to... See full summary »
Director: Ricarda Schlosshan | Stars: Benjamin Morik, Andrei Runcanu, Udo Schenk
Votes: 21
43. Sarajevo - Der Weg in die Katastrophe (2014 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Manfred Oldenburg, Saskia Weisheit | Stars: Moritz Führmann, Stefan Lampadius, Frank Maier, Ulrich Schmissat
44. 1913: The Emperor's Last Dance (2014 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Florian Huber | Stars: Carsten Faseler, Peter Henze, Georg Kleinegees, Hendrik Massute
Votes: 6
45. Majestät brauchen Sonne (2000)
105 min | Documentary
Documentary about the last German emperor Wilhelm II, who was also the first German film star.
Director: Peter Schamoni | Stars: Mario Adorf, Donald Arthur, Arthur Brauss, Kaiser Wilhelm II
Votes: 115
46.
Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994– )
Episode:
Das Staunen der Welt - Ein deutscher Kaiser in Apulien
(1996)
Documentary
Director: Michael Gregor | Stars: Nedin Flora, Horst Stern, Klaus Piontek
47.
Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994– )
Episode:
Karl der Große - Rätsel um den ersten Kaiser
(1999)
Documentary
Directors: Nina Koshofer, Martin Papirowski, Luise Wagner-Roos | Stars: Karl I. Carolus Magnus, Gert Heidenreich
48.
Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994– )
Episode:
August der Starke
(2009)
43 min | Documentary
The legendary Saxon elector Friedrich August I 'the Strong' ruled since his elder brother's early death in 1694. His private cabinet chief, Count von Fleming, left records on the Saxon "... See full summary »
Director: Luise Wagner-Roos | Stars: Bruno F. Apitz, Florentine Weiss, Katharina Abt, Gert Heidenreich
49.
Sphinx - Geheimnisse der Geschichte (1994– )
Episode:
Sisi, eine unglücklige Kaiserin
Documentary
Director: Nina Steinhauser | Star: Marion Mitterhammer
50. Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria: Gräfin Cosel (1987 TV Movie)
166 min | Drama, History
Director: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | Stars: Marzena Trybala, Dietrich Körner, Alfred Struwe, Klaus Piontek
Votes: 66
51. Preußische Nacht (1981 TV Movie)
Director: Oswald Döpke | Stars: Gerd Böckmann, Hans Hessling, Alf Marholm, Hans-Günter Martens
52. Maria Theresia (1980 TV Movie)
190 min | Drama, History
Director: Kurt Junek | Stars: Jasmine Chirazzi, Ulli Fessl, Marianne Schönauer, Leopold Zeisl
Votes: 9
53. Heiteres und Ernstes um den großen König (1936)
20 min | Short
Director: Phil Jutzi | Stars: Otto Gebühr, Hans Mierendorff, Walter Kynast, Franz Fiedler
54. Anekdoten um den alten Fritz (1935)
18 min | Short
Director: Phil Jutzi | Stars: Theodor Loos, Karl Meixner, Hans Schneider, Walter Kynast
55. Der alte Fritz - 2. Ausklang (1928)
155 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Otto Gebühr, Julia Serda, Bertold Reissig, Wilhelm Hertwig
Votes: 22
56. Frederick the Great (1914)
20 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story opens in Frederick's youth. His father, Frederick William, was a rough, burly man, fond of outdoor sport, a hearty eater and a heavy drinker. Because his son was frail and ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Edwin | Stars: Barry O'Moore, Mary Fuller, Charles Sutton, Richard Neill
57. Die Flucht nach Holland (1967 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Director: Ludwig Cremer | Stars: Hans Caninenberg, Hans W. Hamacher, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Ernst Schröder
Votes: 20
58. Fridericus (1937)
97 min | Drama
In 18th century Europe, King Friedrich II of Prussia leads his army through the seven-years-war with neighboring states, and after numerous near defeats, eventually brings a victorious army back to Berlin.
Director: Johannes Meyer | Stars: Otto Gebühr, Hilde Körber, Lil Dagover, Agnes Straub
Votes: 86
59. Die ungarische Hochzeit (1969 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Kurt Wilhelm | Stars: Kurt Großkurth, Ljuba Welitsch, Herbert Prikopa, Veit Relin
Votes: 17
60. Tanz mit dem Kaiser (1941)
102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Emperor Joseph II escapes the intrigues of his court. In Transylvania Baroness Christine mistakes his adjutant Kleber for the emperor and falls for him. Her love letter leads to her being summoned as a suitable bride for the real emperor.
Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Marika Rökk, Wolf Albach-Retty, Maria Eis, Axel von Ambesser
Votes: 35
61.
Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999– )
Episode:
Kaiser Barbarossa - Die Legende im Kyffhäuser
(2009)
History
Director: Dirk Otto | Stars: Isabelle Gerwig, Sascha Gluth, Milena Jung, Thomas Linke
62. Barbarossa (2009)
R | 139 min | Drama, History, War
German Emperor Barbarossa will stop at nothing to conquer and build his empire. But a young man from Milan, along with his army of 900 men known as the Company of Death, is prepared to challenge the Emperor.
Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Raz Degan, F. Murray Abraham, Christo Jivkov
Votes: 1,431
63. August der Starke (1984 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Rudolf Nussgruber | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Peter Fricke, Günter Strack, Hans-Jürgen Schatz
Votes: 6
64. Sarajevo (2014 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, History, War
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is in Sarajevo with his wife, Sophie. While through the city by car, they are victims of an attack and die. This is the trigger of the First World War.
Directors: Andreas Prochaska, Kurt Mündl | Stars: Florian Teichtmeister, Heino Ferch, Melika Foroutan, Juergen Maurer
Votes: 2,933
65. Sarajevo (2014 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, History, War
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is in Sarajevo with his wife, Sophie. While through the city by car, they are victims of an attack and die. This is the trigger of the First World War.
Directors: Andreas Prochaska, Kurt Mündl | Stars: Florian Teichtmeister, Heino Ferch, Melika Foroutan, Juergen Maurer
Votes: 2,933
66. The Exception (2016)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, War
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Director: David Leveaux | Stars: Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer, Ella Holland
Votes: 15,372 | Gross: $0.61M
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