"SISSI, EMPRESS" " Well, Baron..." " Your Majesty?" "Are you happy with the end of the wedding?" "Sure." "The work have been accumulated... and I have a little time for the Empress." "The ministers are already reunited." "Send them in." "Please, gentlemen." "Excellency, make your report." "The fact that created some problems in the Congress... was the amnesty that Your Majesty gave to the Hungarians." "And I do not hesitate to say that..." "All the ministers were against this amnesty." "Why?" "We all have the same opinion that the amnesty represents... a new and great danger to the Austrian nation." "It will be worst if we consider them our enemies." "I will give the amnesty, even against the ministers will." "I could..." "The amnesty will be given immediately." "The countess Sofia!" "I need to speak in private with the baroness Esterhazy!" "Baroness Esterhazy, I nominated you master of the Empress... because of the great confidence I have in yours." "Everything the Empress does, it must be informed to me." "This way, I'll have conditions to conduct better the life of this young lady!" "Concerning to the mutual confidence..." "I'll report myself the best way is possible." "What do you have to report?" "One more time, they brought a new parrot." "I ask your permission to lock it in the backyard... because the scream is terrible." "If the Empress likes animals so much... you must keep them where she wants!" "And if the noise bothers you..." "I suggest you to put cotton in your ears!" "Open this drawer." " What book is that?" " The Empress' diary." "Give me it." "Do you have anything else to report me?" "The Empress complains of our installations for the bath." "Maria Teresa lived and took bath here." "For someone that is empress by accident, it's very good!" " What else?" " She asked if... colonel Böckl from Ischl did not show up for an audience." "Böckl?" "From Ischl?" "I do not know him!" "So, mister, look at me!" "Don't you remember me, mister?" " Have you a hair cut?" " Try to concentrate." " Yes, the mustache's gone!" " More concentration!" "Böckl!" "You turned to a colonel!" "And I was transferred to Vienna!" "Really?" "Congratulations!" "And how did you get it?" "Remember the ring the Empress, that was a princess, pledged?" "Yes, to send a telegram." "I gave this ring back to the Empress in an audience... and she ordered me to be transferred... to stay at the entire disposition of the Empress!" " My dear Elisabeth." " Our Elisabeth!" "No, my Elisabeth!" "My friend, something awful happened to me." "What was it?" "Imagine it, I fell in love with the Empress!" " What?" " When she looks at me... my heart blows up..." "I start trembling." "When she smiles, I feel I could faint!" " Böckl!" " The smile!" "That lovely smile!" "That's love." "I'll never learn to speak Croatia." " What will we do now?" " Hungarian class." "Well, I like everything that's Hungarian!" " You too, isn't it?" " I hate everything that's Hungarian." "Ah, yes, you lost your husband in Hungary." "I'm sorry to wake up this so bad recollection." "What are you bringing, baroness?" "The Royal Highness Sofia asked me to give this to Your Majesty... the instructions for the ceremonial procedures from the Spain Court... the ones that Your Majesty must study completely." "Nineteen pages?" "What does it mean:" "It'll have access to the palace... only noble women and honor ladies?" "The noble women and the ladies are the ones that receive... authorization to come into the Empress facilities." "And it's pre notified that these people belong to... twenty-three most traditional families... and two hundred and twenty nine ladies of high level." "Well, I'll see if I can understand this silly thing." "Baroness Bellegarde?" "Send Doctor Falk in... just for me to relax my mind." "Were you in session with the Emperor?" "Yes, Your Highness!" "I can see on your face that is not nice what you have to tell me." "I am afraid that Your Highness will be chocked as much as I am." "No more grammar for today." "If Your Majesty allow me..." "I wanted to tell you about the beauty of Hungary." "It is a pleasure!" "Did you bring anymore pictures?" "Sure!" "Some of Putza..." "Some of the Hungary plans." "with their sheet flock and bull-calf." "This is the Real Palace... that is not used for 354 years." "When will we have a king again... a king that respects the freedom of the Hungary people?" "I will do everything I can to help your country." "It is strange... but I feel myself more related to the Hungary land... than to any other country, even I do not know it." "I can see it!" "But also the Hungarians that also know you... only through what I write... have for Your Majesty a great respect... because they know that you are their guard angel!" "Did you really take the state of siege off and gave amnesty to the Hungarians?" "Yes, mother." "The amnesty is for the commander of the rebels, the Baron Andrassy, as well?" "Of course it is." "In my country where I am so happy..." "I do not want to see anybody sad!" "But Franz, you can not conduct a nation with your feelings." "We had set that any rebel act... would be punished very hard." "But the peace we conquer through the love." "I can already imagine who put this idea on your mind." "You are right sissi!" "And I am so grateful to her for that!" "I am curious to know if you will be grateful for this." "What is that?" "Her diary." "How did you get her diary?" "It does not matter!" "Listen to this!" "I do not want to read it without her permission." "So I will read this poem for you." ""The fresh spring is coming"" ""And bring to the trees a green freshing"" ""The birds learn the new songs..."" ""and the flowers see a gorgeous splendor"" "It is very beautiful, mother!" ""But is here the home of spring?"" ""This so weird and rich?"" ""I am in search for my sunny land"" ""I am in search for my rest at the beach!"" "Must I go on?" "I would like you to leave me alone." "I can notice that new habits grew between us." " Who is next?" " Our representative in Paris." " Get him in two minutes." " Yes, Your Majesty!" "Hi, Franz!" "I'm leaving, but I was missing you." "Do you still love me?" " Neither a little bit!" " Why?" "Because you don't care about me during the day." "Come on, me?" "You are the one who does that!" "You are always behind that desk." "Sometimes I don't remember the way you are." "Yes, it's true!" "Yes, I am jealous..." "Jealous?" "Of who?" "Of this desk!" "My diary?" "Yes, my mother brought it." "So she took it off my drawer." "I don't know, but I even touched it." "It would be weird if you had touched it." "My mother just read a very beautiful poem." "Do you miss Bavaria?" " yes, when I am alone." " sissi... but now your country is Austria." "But I cannot avoid remind the mountains." "My parents and my sisters." "Do you understand me?" "Yes and no." "I do everything to make you happy here." "I thought that you were happy here!" "I am, but only when you are with me!" "But, you are almost never here." "The correspondent in Paris, Baron Von Hubenr!" "Let him in." "We will see each other in dinner." "What will you do till there?" "I'm going to wait for you!" "Maybe I will ride..." "But before dinner, I need to show you a thing." "So, colonel, this way... do you want to speak with the Empress?" " I think it is not right, what about you?" " Please, I'm here to work." "Do you think I am here for pleasure?" "Colonel, so far, you have been a rude military... but here, in the Court, where the good manners prevail... and you should learn them." "You will ask for one audience with the Empress... to speak with Her Majesty!" "And if she wants to." "Or else you should wait till Her Majesty..." "Get up." "Get up." "Turn yourself..." "Your face is not strange for me!" "We already saw each other before, Highness!" "In Ischl..." "I had the pleasure..." "the honor..." "Yes, I remember!" "You were the idiot that told the greatest imbecilities!" "Me?" "Mr. Master of ceremonies, tell the Colonel... that he should not do questions here in the Court." "Of course, Your Highness!" " And you are stepping in my dress." " Sorry, Your Highness!" "So the Royal Highness doesn't keep any bitterness!" "Neither me for her!" "Here in the Court you should not criticize noble people." "It was not a criticize, it was an affirmation." "In the Court you should not even to affirm... or neither do anything." "For what I see, the things will be difficult." "Where were we?" " There." " No..." " What were we talking about?" " About good manners!" "Well, first you should ask for an audience with the Empress..." "Second, you should wait for the authorization of the Empress... for the audience." "And third, you should wait to know when the audience with the..." "Empress..." " Calm down, it won't happen again." " No, no, it is the Empress." "I'm glad to know that the Emperor made my wish to have you here." "I would like to say that..." "Yes?" "I..." "So?" "What would you like to say?" "I forgot." "I know, I want that Your Majesty knows... that I will be your most faithful servant..." "That impresses me!" " For God sake!" " What happened, Colonel?" "Hurry up, a glass of water!" " Are you all right?" " That smile!" "The smile." "What smile?" " The smile!" " My smile?" "Yes..." "No!" "The Empress' smile!" "My kitty, did you wake up in a bad mood?" "First of all, I am not your kitty... and second, I feel excellent!" " What did you say?" " I feel excellent!" "Good!" "Good morning, Countess." "I want to know if the Empress have already studied the ceremonial." "Not yet, Your Highness!" "She went to ride." "I already knew it!" "The horses are more important than everything!" "If you want to know, for me they are too!" "Now I am going for a walk." " Good-bye, Sofia." " See you!" " What is going on?" " Oh, Jesus!" " Good morning, my dear father in law!" " Good morning, Your Majesty!" "I knew you were here and I came to see you." "I am glad!" "What is up?" "Fine!" "But you don't need to speak so loud..." " I can hear very well!" " Since when?" "Well, I always heard well." "But I only hear what I want to hear." "If it is something that I don't want, I turn to a deaf." "And then people have to ask several times... and then they give up and I save an answer!" "Ouch, you are original!" "But Majesty, keep this between us." " I promise you!" " Great." " See you!" " See you, Your Majesty!" "What are you telling me?" "Did the Empress go shopping?" "Yes, the Empress have been to street market!" " Who told you that?" " The coachman." "He said that she badly could leave the coach... and the crowd almost tore her dress." "Inadmissible!" "Are you already ready?" "I am curious to know what you have to show me." "Well..." "Do you know that we have a new parrot?" " The red one?" " Yes." " Who gave it?" " Aunt Maria!" "I want to know also..." " if you know what day is it today." " Today?" "Thursday." "Well, you must have forgot, after all you have a lot of work to do." " It's a month that we got married!" " Really?" " One month?" " Yes." "A wedding present, I hope you like it." "What nice of you!" "I am glad you remembered it." "I found it in a stand in the street market." "Have you been in the street market?" "And I almost don't get back home." "The people are so nice." "They were so happy seeing me that they almost tore my dress." "See!" "It is a Wigand paintings!" "The castle door, the village entrance." " Fabulous!" " Everything is so well done." "Like the trees, he painted them so beautifully." "And what is that?" "It is the Weil village, in Baden." "And the one what is that?" "My wedding present!" "So, you didn't forget it?" "I could never forget... the way you make me happy each minute!" "I am very happy too!" "Well... now we should go, we have visitors..." "I will come to take this later." "But, what is that?" "A beer of Munich... and a pig foot!" "This is my surprise, mother." "You are so special, Franz!" "I miss that." "Do you want a little beer?" "No, I prefer liqueur!" " What about you, my dear father in law?" " What?" " Do you want some beer?" " Of course!" " Franz?" " I'm going to give it a try." " Your Eminence too?" " My pleasure, Majesty." "Here it is, the majority wants beer!" "I am curious to know its taste!" "Excellent!" "The pig foot is great..." " Cheers!" " Cheers!" "Cheers!" "It is good!" "Not bad!" "Franz Karl!" "Bravo!" "I hope, Franz, this is the unique surprise... and that you don't turn our Viennese Court... into a brewery!" "Of course not, mom!" "A letter from sissi." " What did she write?" " I don't know." "I still didn't read it, wait..." ""Dear mom and dad... after a long time, I drank beer and I ate pig foot!" "It was wonderful!"" " That I believe!" " "I immediately thought about dad... my missing raises each day!" "Here I have everything, but at the same time, anything"." "As she had said, she is arrested in a gold cage!" "Was it a luck?" "The important thing is that she loves Franz!" "And he loves her!" "She says..." ""Franz turns any wish I have, he carries me in his arms"." "Don't drink so much!" "You never carry me and you are always complaining." "I think everything is about the destiny." "Mine is to drink beer." "Our sissi destiny is to become the Empress." "But anything happens for nothing... probably she has a mission to accomplish!" "What is the next audience?" "Count Andrassy!" "Get him in." " Count Julius Andrassy!" " Count Andrassy!" "I am glad to receive you." "Get close." "Majesty... my goal after been amnestied... was to come before Your Majesty... to thank what Your Majesty have done for Hungary." "Get up, Count Andrassy." "Who gave you the amnesty was the Emperor." "You must thank him." "It is not about the amnesty that I am talking." "It is not it that brings the happiness and the life to the ruined families." "I'm talking about a heart that beats for a nation." "And I want to thank this love." "I will do everything I can to make Hungary and Austria very close." "And give the country back to those that have the right." "But these can be only empty words." "To prove my good will..." "I want to invite you with the Hungarian cortege to the ball." "We will celebrate with our hearts... the union between our countries." " I am outraged!" " What did you say?" " I am outraged!" " Why?" "That Elisabeth has invited our enemy... that traitor, Andrassy!" "Come on..." "It is not easy to forget that it was a Hungarian... who lifted a dagger against my Franz." "And now we can find him unpunished among us!" "Highness, count Andrassy requests the honor of being presented to you." "Congratulations." "I won't give my hand to a rebel, even if he has been amnestied." "Royal highness... how can I tell him that?" "In German or in Hungarian, whatever!" "It's a pity the waltz is gonna be over." "I'll have to change you for another one." "The Highness, Franz's mother, offended us in public..." "She doesn't recognize our amnesty and she considers us her enemies!" "Inadmissible." "I think we must leave the ball!" "I agree." "You are the imperial couple guests and not the Emperor's mother guests!" "It is all the same!" "We don't accept this insult!" " Let us put our ladies together!" " Sure." "I'm sorry." "Majesty, are you going to shake hands with the guests?" "Majesty, excuse me, but do you allow me to speak to you?" " What happened?" " The Hungarian guests... got offended with the Royal Highness Sofia... and they want to leave the ball!" "The Royal Highness Sofia offended us and..." "Andrassy wants us to leave the ball!" "Majesty, the abandon of the ball will mean..." " a break in the peaceful relationships!" " But how can we avoid it?" " Leave me alone." " Majesty." "What is going on, sissi?" "You look so pale." "Franz, forgive me, but I will break the ceremonial procedures... but I will do that for you and for your country." "What are you going to do?" "This is impossible, Countess!" "But it is the expressed wish of the Empress!" "Well..." "Gentlemen, the royal orders:" ""the ladies choose"." ""The ladies choose"?" " Was it you that ordered, Franz?" " No, I was me!" "Colonel?" "Tell to Count Andrassy to dance with me." "I am astonished!" "Is everybody here?" "Yes, but must we have to say good-bye?" "No." "We must not." "Count Andrassy, the Empress asks your honor in the next dance." "I think this Empress' choice... it more important than her mother-in-law's offense." "We should stay." "Ask the Emperor to dance with you." "It's my pleasure." "May I take you to the Empress?" "Please." "Will you be there without saying nothing?" "Mother, I don't know reasons that made sissi... to take this attitude, but I agree with everything that she did!" "Majesty, may I have the honor of this dance?" "It' my pleasure..." " The ball is over for me!" " But why?" "My God!" "What was it?" "An attack?" "The Empress fainted!" " What does the doctor say?" " We don't know yet." " He is with her." " Which would the reason?" "For sure one she fell of the horse." "I have been with her all the time." "When she went to Prater, you weren't!" "It can be appendicitis." "She already complained of pains." "The reason of the indisposition... was the irritation with her mother-in-law Sofia." "Will We say to the Emperor that the doctor is still with her?" "The Emperor should not be disturbed." "He meets with the correspondent of Russia... and he is taking some serious decisions that should lead us to a war." " Is the counselor still there?" " Yes, Your Highness." "Am I very sick, counselor?" "I don't think so, Majesty." "But Your Majesty should quit riding for a while." "It is too bad... but it has to be this way." " Am I so bad?" " Bad, no, no..." " But what is it?" " Good news!" " No, it cannot be!" " Yes, Majesty!" "Mr. Doctor!" "Doctor!" "It's very good, Doctor!" "What does it mean?" "Franz, I need to talk to you now." "Just a moment, Excellency." "What is going on, sissi?" " Franz..." " Yes?" "We are going to have a baby!" "sissi!" "Is it true?" "Is it really true?" " Yes, get me down." " sissi." "Don't press me!" "Don't press me." "We should be careful!" " News!" " What is that?" " Something very good!" " What happened?" "From Vienna, from sissi..." " Is she gonna have a baby?" "!" " Exactly!" "Congratulations, grandpa." "Mom!" "Mom!" "Is it true what Thomas told us?" "That sissi will have a baby in Spring?" "He doesn't know to keep a secret!" "It is true, soon you will be uncles and aunties." "Bravo!" "I will be an uncle!" " And me an aunt!" " Me too?" "Everybody will be!" "Highness, I want to express my happiness." "I thank you very much, but now bring a champagne, hurry up." "Sure." "It's enough for today." "Go to bed!" "Thomas!" "Please, Thomas, take the the aunts and uncles with you." "Come, children!" "Good night." "It will be very good it is a small heir boy!" "I would rather a girl like sissi." "But I think Franz would not!" " I am so happy." " So do I." "The happiest days of the life are like this... we are happy to see that we are getting old." "I still remember, as if it was yesterday, that wonderful night... when which I got the biggest present that the life gave me:" "sissi." "She was so pretty!" " I was proud of her." " Me too." "And soon she will be a proud mother!" "Is it a boy?" "It is a princess!" "I am very happy." "You would be happier if it had been a little prince." " I can't wait to see the baby!" " And I..." "Did I hear anything?" "My dear, here it is, the little princess." "She is like sissi." "The eyes, the hair..." "Max, show her to me too." "Max, let me see her." "Wait!" "The ears are also like sissi's ears!" "The two of them!" "Come on, don't drive me crazy!" "Show me!" "Let me take her!" "Just a minute!" "I need everything again very close!" "She is so cute!" "Isn't she pretty?" "Like sissi!" " The forehead!" " Forehead?" " What will be name?" " sissi, of course!" "No!" "Franz and I already agreed, if it were a boy it would be..." "Rudolph and if it were a girl, what I was afraid of, the name would be Sofia!" "I hope everybody agree because we didn't choose Ludovika." "Of course not, Ludovika is a bad name!" " Sofia is bad too!" " He is right about that!" " Since when you listen so well?" " Well, it was the labial reading." "Fantastic!" ""You niece was baptized with the name of Sofia, Anastacia..." "Amalia, Elizabeth, Francisca, Stephanie, Carolina, Maria..."" " All of that?" " Yes!" " Do I need to remind all of them?" " No, just Sofia." "The stork held little Sofia so hard?" " Yes, but she didn't feel anything!" " When the stork brought me..." " I didn't feel either." " I felt." ""In a few days, dad and me will be back." "And I am happy since now because we will be all together"." "Great!" "Till there we are going to play Indian!" "Countess?" " Isn't she sweet?" " Charming!" "Majesty, the visit to the The children's Home!" "I am coming!" "The Empress!" " Nurse." "Nurse." "Nurse." " Majesty." " What noisy reception." " Yes, it's really noisy." " How old are they?" " It varies a lot, from 2 to 7 months." "A girl?" " How much does she weigh?" " Two pounds and a half." "She weights more than mine." "But mine is younger." "Is he hungry?" "I think he wants milk." "He already had milk, Majesty." " Yes?" " Already!" " Please, Majesty!" " He is screaming for screaming!" "Are you a baby girl?" "Yes, no?" "But what a blondie." "What about you?" "What a nice sleepy." "Is that a nice thumb?" "One more baby girl?" " What about you?" "What is her name?" " Eva." "She is tired." "It's to bad the Emperor didn't come." "He loves kids like me!" "Where are you?" "At your desk for sure." " How are you here now?" " I went to the Children's Home." " Did you like it?" " It was great!" "So many kids, one more beautiful than the other one!" " Well, well, well!" " That's right!" "But anyone was so beautiful like ours!" "Of course!" "How was the place?" "Clean and beautiful." "It could be a a little more pleasant!" "A little dark, the place needs sun." " I will do what is necessary for it!" " What about seeing our treasure?" "Lets go." "Without noise, maybe she is sleeping!" "What happened?" "Where is the cradle?" "What is going on?" "I didn't know that mom was going to make the change today..." "I was going to tell you tonight." "Mom decided to take care of the... education and formation of our daughter." "And to have her in a... bedroom next to her." "And how can she decide a thing like that?" "I can take care of my daughter!" "I learned with my mom!" " She raised eight children!" " She didn't want to offend you... and I was wrong not telling you before, but with all those... receptions and trips, you won't have time to take care of her." "I will always have time for her!" "I don't want anybody to take her from me." " Nobody will do that!" " No?" "She already did it!" " Where are you going?" " To take my daughter!" " Where is my daughter?" " In her bedroom." "The next door." "You cannot come in, she is already sleeping." "I want that my daughter's bedroom to be changed again... where it was before." "I already told you, you cannot come in." "She is sleeping." "I won't wake up her." "Get out." "She is under my custody." " But I am the mother!" " You are still a child... and you should relegate her education to me." "I will never let another person to raise my daughter!" "I will educate my daughter my way." "For the last time, let me go." "Be reasonable." "Mom just wants the best." "So are you on your mother's side?" "Against me?" "I am seeing the things from a neutral side." "Are you against me to educate the child?" "I already explained to you the reasons." "So I already know what I should do." "sissi, wait!" " Colonel." " Yes, Majesty." "I'm going to travel." "Only you and the Countess Bellegard will go with me." "To your orders, Majesty!" " What is going on?" " Your Highness, I am shocked." "The Empress left." " To where?" " We don't know." " Did she say goodbye to the Emperor?" " No, Royal Highness." "Should I inform the Emperor about what happened?" "No, I will inform him myself." "I think we didn't acted right." "We should have leave the little baby with sissi." "With a human being that abandons us?" "She seems a disqualified bourgeois wife." "I let you know the risks of this marriage." "I ask you to stop with these observations." "Now are you against me too?" "It seems that you have forgot that... since I married to sissi, I am happy." " Hurry up, a telegram." " Did you come to Ischl?" "Yes, but only very fast." "Is there anybody here?"