The best in global television was honored in New York on Monday night at the 2023 International Emmy Awards. The 56 nominees for this year’s awards, handed out by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, came from 20 countries across six continents.
In a sign of how important streaming companies have become to the international TV industry, Amazon and Netflix dominated the best drama category this year, with Netflix’s German-Austrian period drama The Empress, about the legendary love story between Austrian-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, aka “Sissi,” winning the award. The streamer’s South Korean legal drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, featuring Park Eun-bin as an autistic rookie female lawyer with a genius Iq, was also nominated for best drama. And two nominees came from Amazon: the Argentine historical thriller Yosi, the Regretful Spy from director Daniel Burman, about the real-life intelligence scandal that led to two of...
In a sign of how important streaming companies have become to the international TV industry, Amazon and Netflix dominated the best drama category this year, with Netflix’s German-Austrian period drama The Empress, about the legendary love story between Austrian-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, aka “Sissi,” winning the award. The streamer’s South Korean legal drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, featuring Park Eun-bin as an autistic rookie female lawyer with a genius Iq, was also nominated for best drama. And two nominees came from Amazon: the Argentine historical thriller Yosi, the Regretful Spy from director Daniel Burman, about the real-life intelligence scandal that led to two of...
- 11/21/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix’s original, The Empress, journeys viewers back to 1854 on a thrilling ride as a spirited princess defies conventions, ultimately ascending to become the Empress of Austria alongside Emperor Franz Joseph. Amidst the opulent backdrop of the Viennese court, she grapples with the treacherous realm of politics. The trials and tribulations of this young and rebellious figure have fascinated audiences around the globe. Leveraging the success of Netflix’s renowned period dramas like The Crown and Bridgerton, The Empress has become a massive hit. The Empress Season 2 promises to deliver the same level of excitement as its freshman outing. As...
- 6/29/2023
- by Safwan Azeem
- TVovermind.com
The mesmerizing six-part series, The Empress, delves into the extraordinary connection forged between Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, a young Bavarian Duchess, and Franz Joseph, the Emperor of Austria. Against all odds, their relationship blossoms, entwining their lives in a web of unlikely love. Starring Devrim Lingnau and Phillip Froissant only adds to the drama’s glory. After the much-loved Bridgerton, this show has brought fans a real treat. Like most period dramas, The Empress skillfully weaves historical accounts and fictional elements to craft a captivating narrative. But how much of The Empress is historically accurate? This article aims to examine just that. The Real...
- 6/16/2023
- by Safwan Azeem
- TVovermind.com
Bridgerton’s imperious Queen Charlotte gets her origin story in Netflix’s prequel series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. The six-episode drama follows a young Charlotte (India Amarteifio), a German noblewoman who is married off to King George III (Corey Mylchreest). Her arrival in the U.K. sparks the “Great Experiment” – the racial integration of the country’s aristocracy. As characters such as a young Lady Danbury (Arsema Thomas) navigate a new social reality, Charlotte must adjust to life in a strange country while also dealing with her husband’s secret illness.
Queen Charlotte will surely help sate Bridgerton fanatics as they wait for the show’s third season. In the meantime, if you’re craving more royal romance, here are five shows to binge after you’ve watched the Bridgerton prequel.
‘The Great’
A young German woman finds herself at sea in a strange foreign court and married to...
Queen Charlotte will surely help sate Bridgerton fanatics as they wait for the show’s third season. In the meantime, if you’re craving more royal romance, here are five shows to binge after you’ve watched the Bridgerton prequel.
‘The Great’
A young German woman finds herself at sea in a strange foreign court and married to...
- 5/10/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The film is Austria’s entry to the best international film Oscar and in the running for Baftas.
The Austrian director and producers of Marie Kreutzer’s Oscar contender Corsage have reacted with dismay and disgust to the news that Corsage co-star, Austrian actor Florian Teichtmeister, has been charged with possessing “an enormous amount” of digital images of child pornography.
Teichtmeister will stand trial on February 8, accused of having in his possession 58,000 digital files featuring pornographic images of minors. If found guilty, he faces up to two years in jail. He has reportedly confessed to the charges and is expected to plead guilty.
The Austrian director and producers of Marie Kreutzer’s Oscar contender Corsage have reacted with dismay and disgust to the news that Corsage co-star, Austrian actor Florian Teichtmeister, has been charged with possessing “an enormous amount” of digital images of child pornography.
Teichtmeister will stand trial on February 8, accused of having in his possession 58,000 digital files featuring pornographic images of minors. If found guilty, he faces up to two years in jail. He has reportedly confessed to the charges and is expected to plead guilty.
- 1/16/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kristen Stewart here conducts an in-depth interview with Vicky Krieps, who shines as Empress Elisabeth in Corsage, the IFC film which has put the actress and director Marie Kreutzer in Oscar contention for a film shortlisted as Austria’s pic for Best International film. Stewart is a big fan of the film, and draws out how Krieps hatched the idea and wore down the director to take the film. They also discuss the importance of telling stories from a woman’s perspective. They also touch briefly touch on the shock of discovering that Florian Teichtmeister, who plays Krieps’ husband Emperor Franz Joseph in a supporting role, was charged with possessing child pornography. The actor, who reportedly has admitted his guilt, will go on trial February 8 after being apprehended with 58,000 files of pornographic depictions of minors as young as 14.
Corsage has won awards at Cannes, London and the European Film Awards,...
Corsage has won awards at Cannes, London and the European Film Awards,...
- 1/15/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Florian Teichtmeister, the Austrian actor who recently rose to international prominence for his performance as Emperor Franz Joseph in the Oscar-shortlisted film “Corsage,” has been charged with possession of child pornography. The news was first broken by The Hollywood Reporter.
Austrian authorities reportedly found over 58,000 digital images of sexualized minors in Teichtmeister’s possession. The pornographic content featured participants that were as young as 14 years old.
In a statement, Teichtmeister’s lawyer Michael Rami said that the actor plans to plead guilty to all charges. “He confessed throughout the investigation and always cooperated with the authorities,” Rami said. His trial is set to begin on February 8, and could result in a prison sentence of up to two years. IndieWire has reached out to Teichtmeister’s representatives for further comment.
The news comes as “Corsage,” an IFC Films release, attempts to get its award season campaign across the finish line. Marie Kreutzer...
Austrian authorities reportedly found over 58,000 digital images of sexualized minors in Teichtmeister’s possession. The pornographic content featured participants that were as young as 14 years old.
In a statement, Teichtmeister’s lawyer Michael Rami said that the actor plans to plead guilty to all charges. “He confessed throughout the investigation and always cooperated with the authorities,” Rami said. His trial is set to begin on February 8, and could result in a prison sentence of up to two years. IndieWire has reached out to Teichtmeister’s representatives for further comment.
The news comes as “Corsage,” an IFC Films release, attempts to get its award season campaign across the finish line. Marie Kreutzer...
- 1/14/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Austrian actor Florian Teichtmeister, who stars alongside Vicky Krieps in Marie Kreutzer’s Oscar contender Corsage, has been charged with possession of child pornography.
A court spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that authorities found some 58,000 digital images featuring pornographic depictions of minors, some as young as 14, in Teichtmeister’s possession. His trial is set to begin Feb. 8. He faces up to two years in prison.
Teichtmeister intends to plead guilty and assume full responsibility, his lawyer Michael Rami said in a statement to Germany’s dpa news agency. “He confessed throughout the investigation and always cooperated with the authorities,” Rami said.
Teichtmeister’s lawyer argued that his client did not commit any criminal acts directly against the people depicted in the pornographic images, calling his offense a “purely digital crime.”
In Corsage, Teichtmeister plays Emperor Franz Joseph, the husband to lead Vicky Krieps’ Empress Elisabeth. The film is a fictional, feminist...
A court spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that authorities found some 58,000 digital images featuring pornographic depictions of minors, some as young as 14, in Teichtmeister’s possession. His trial is set to begin Feb. 8. He faces up to two years in prison.
Teichtmeister intends to plead guilty and assume full responsibility, his lawyer Michael Rami said in a statement to Germany’s dpa news agency. “He confessed throughout the investigation and always cooperated with the authorities,” Rami said.
Teichtmeister’s lawyer argued that his client did not commit any criminal acts directly against the people depicted in the pornographic images, calling his offense a “purely digital crime.”
In Corsage, Teichtmeister plays Emperor Franz Joseph, the husband to lead Vicky Krieps’ Empress Elisabeth. The film is a fictional, feminist...
- 1/14/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In historical dramas of royal courts and past imperial splendor, the camera usually lingers on a high level of conspicuous display: elegant drawing rooms, sumptuous banquet tables, and the like. One of the things that makes Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” so striking is the way that Kreutzer and cinematographer Judith Kaufmann visualize the rotting hollowness of the Austria of Empress Elisabeth (Vicky Krieps). The camera makes a point of moving through palace spaces without fawning over gilded furniture, using a naturalistic (bordering on sternly clinical) lighting design to emphasize the brittleness of the Austrian imperial facade. In so doing, the camera allows us to see the world through Elisabeth’s eyes.
“We were looking for a [style of cinematography] that retained the sharpness and openness of vérité, [as opposed to the style] of a traditional costume drama. Not too perfect but not documentary-style either,” Kaufmann told IndieWire. “Our focus was on depicting the imperial residences — especially the Hofburg,...
“We were looking for a [style of cinematography] that retained the sharpness and openness of vérité, [as opposed to the style] of a traditional costume drama. Not too perfect but not documentary-style either,” Kaufmann told IndieWire. “Our focus was on depicting the imperial residences — especially the Hofburg,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
This story about “Corsage” costume designer Monika Buttinger first appeared in the Below-the-Line issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” depicts a year in the life of Elisabeth (Vicky Krieps), a 19th-century Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. As she approaches her 40th birthday, Elisabeth mounts an escalating rebellion against rules and expectations, which gives the story a distinctly modern feel.
When costume designer Monika Buttinger first read the script, she knew she wasn’t dealing with a “normal period piece,” but with something that required a different approach. “For me, it was clear that we had to work on a kind of fashionable interpretation for the actual viewers of the film,” she said. Buttinger started tinkering with a “special style” that honored both the character and the historical figure. “Elisabeth was really an influencer at her time,” she said. “She was an icon for decades,...
Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” depicts a year in the life of Elisabeth (Vicky Krieps), a 19th-century Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. As she approaches her 40th birthday, Elisabeth mounts an escalating rebellion against rules and expectations, which gives the story a distinctly modern feel.
When costume designer Monika Buttinger first read the script, she knew she wasn’t dealing with a “normal period piece,” but with something that required a different approach. “For me, it was clear that we had to work on a kind of fashionable interpretation for the actual viewers of the film,” she said. Buttinger started tinkering with a “special style” that honored both the character and the historical figure. “Elisabeth was really an influencer at her time,” she said. “She was an icon for decades,...
- 1/3/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, a starlet of 19th-century Europe, refused to have her photograph taken after she reached her mid-thirties. It’s a detail that hasn’t been copied over to Corsage, Marie Kreutzer’s tastefully anachronistic film about the Hapsburg royal. But that absence of photos as Elisabeth aged remains central to Kreutzer’s vision. Elizabeth believed beauty was her only currency, and she would do anything to preserve it. That includes, most infamously, a tightly corseted waist that measured a mere 19.5 inches.
We’ve seen many onscreen Elisabeths before. Romy Schneider, in the Fifties, starred in a television trilogy that reimagined her life as a bouncy, sweet-souled fairytale. It soon became a Christmas staple in Germany and Austria. Netflix only recently debuted its more feminist-minded take, The Empress, starring Devrim Lingnau. Many depictions offer ample time to the controversy that rocked Elisabeth’s later years when her son,...
We’ve seen many onscreen Elisabeths before. Romy Schneider, in the Fifties, starred in a television trilogy that reimagined her life as a bouncy, sweet-souled fairytale. It soon became a Christmas staple in Germany and Austria. Netflix only recently debuted its more feminist-minded take, The Empress, starring Devrim Lingnau. Many depictions offer ample time to the controversy that rocked Elisabeth’s later years when her son,...
- 12/22/2022
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
This review originally ran May 20, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” is a fanciful art-house study of a royal, valued for her beauty and style, who realizes that she needs to escape from her unfaithful husband and her rigidly ritualized existence. It’s tempting, then, to call it “Spencer” for Grown-Ups.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, played by Vicky Krieps, may not have the mainstream appeal of Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana, and there is no equivalent of “The Crown” to get audiences up to speed on 19th century Austro-Hungarian politics.
But the films have a lot in common, and “Corsage,” which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, deserves at least as many plaudits. It’s certainly the more intelligent. haunting and waspishly funny of the two films.
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Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” is a fanciful art-house study of a royal, valued for her beauty and style, who realizes that she needs to escape from her unfaithful husband and her rigidly ritualized existence. It’s tempting, then, to call it “Spencer” for Grown-Ups.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, played by Vicky Krieps, may not have the mainstream appeal of Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana, and there is no equivalent of “The Crown” to get audiences up to speed on 19th century Austro-Hungarian politics.
But the films have a lot in common, and “Corsage,” which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, deserves at least as many plaudits. It’s certainly the more intelligent. haunting and waspishly funny of the two films.
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- 12/22/2022
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Wrap
Austria’s Oscar© 2023 Entry for Best International Feature: ‘Corsage’ by Marie Kreutzer;Marie KreutzerA corsage is not a flower but a corset gripping the very guts of Sisi, the Empress of the Hapsburg Empire. Married at 16, by 40, hating aging and gaining weigh, Sisi pines away, never finding a pathway toward life.
Quite the opposite of my other favorite films of Cannes where it premiered along with Plus que jamais aka More Than Ever directed by Emily Atef and also starring a luminous Vicky Krieps, Revoir Paris aka ‘Paris Memorie by Alice Winocour and totally forgotten by now, and Un beau matin aka One Fine Morning by Mia Hansen-Love and starring Lea Seydoux in one of her best roles, where the female protagonists heed their inner voices to lead them on their unique pathways to peace. This film nevertheless features a top performance by Vicky Krieps (The Phantom Thread, Plus que jambs) for which she won the Cannes Award for Best Actress in a modern rendition of celebrity royalty.
Vicky Krieps, Luxembourg’s top star
Recalling Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette with its touches of modernism like in the songs sung for royal entertainment, or recalling the real life Princess Diana’s own futile quest for inner peace, Corsage stands on the brilliant direction by Marie Kreutzer who also wrote the screenplay. Beautiful cinematophy by Judith Kaufmann, striking music by Camille, superb editing by Ulrike Kofler. The costumes by Monika Buttinger are extraordinary! The attractive production design may be by another woman but it is uncredited in IMDb. In all, the crew is comprised of a majority of women.
Elisabeth has gone down in history as an empress of eternal youthfulness and beauty. For more than three decades she was regarded as the most beautiful queen in Europe. When Sisi married at 16, she was carefree and frivolous, and imagined herself in love with Emperor Franz Joseph who was head over heals in love with her.
In this rendition of her story, Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.
The glamour of her clothes and the portraits and sculptures of her are still intoxicating while in fact, and as shown in the film, to her, they were toxic reminders to her of lost youth.
Today her life is displayed as kitsch; just visit Vienna to see.
She spent hours each day in efforts to preserve her legendary beauty. Her most striking feature was her thick, ankle-length hair, the care of which required enormous expenditure of time. Franziska Feifalik, the empress’s personal hairdresser, skilfully contrived ingenious hairstyles, including the famous braided crown.
She expressed hardly any political opinions in the final decades of her life. Having put immense pressure on the emperor during the negotiations with Hungary for the Compromise by which the lands of the House of Habsburg were reorganized as a real union between the Austrian Empire and the Hungarian Kingdom, a unpopular event, Elisabeth was forbidden by her husband to interfere in politics ever again. The event is eluded to in the course of telling the story of her progressive retreat from public life.
Elisabeth withdrew from the court and began to lead her own life according to her inclinations. This is where the film begins.
Watch the trailer here.
She spent hours on horseback, riding and dressage; she composed verses in the style of the German poet Heinrich Heine and she travelled frequently. In her apartment she had a gymnastic apparatus set up and performed a strenuous daily program of exercises, which scandalized the court.
After the tragic suicide of her son Rudolf in 1889 the empress only appeared in mourning on official occasions in the lands of the Monarchy and retreated into her grief. Black veils and fans completed the image of the grieving, withdrawn woman. In the film, we do not know of Rudolf’s death but we see her dressed in black and may wonder what precipitated that.
A few other questions remain unanswered in the film, like what were her deepest feelings about her husband and what were his about her? He had numerous mistresses, but their love making, when it finally happens, is both seductive and tender, and she chooses a proper mistress for him as if to replace her in his affections.
Most disappointing is her never finding a way of life for herself. Krieps’ depiction of a life with all exits but one cut off is deeply moving until one realizes that given all she had going for her, she was not able to grow in any way.
After its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it went on to play at the Munich International Film Festval, then going to the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival and in September to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Isa MK2 has so far sold the film to Ifc for No. America, Ad Vitam for France, Alamode for Germany, Panda Lichtspiele for Austria, Angel for Denmark, Picturehouse for U.K. and Ireland, The Searchers for Benelux, Ascot Elite for Switzerland, Cirko for Hungary, European Film Forum Scanorama for the Baltics, Bim for Italy, Green Narae for So. Korea, Hooray for Taiwan.
From Screen:
The production company behind the film, Germany’s Komplizen Film has become the 10th member of The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies that work together to co-produce, form strategic partnerships and share information and talent and buyer networks.They are looking at a three-year partnership for developing and funding select series with Fremantle.
Komplizen principals are Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade and Jonas Dornbach. It is one of the key players on the international arthouse film scene, working with directors including Radu Jude, Miguel Gomes, Nadav Lapid, Sonja Heiss and Valeska Griesbach as well as producing Ade’s own three features to date, including her 2016 international hit Toni Erdmann.
Their film was Nicolette Krebitz’s A E I O U — A Quick Alphabet Of Love in the Berlinale Competition in 2022. They have also co-produced Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, with the UK’s Shoebox Films.
In 2019, the company expanded into producing for television with the establishment of Komplizen Serien and went on to make the Frankfurt-based series Skylines for Netflix.
The other companies in The Creatives are Haut et Court (France), Good Chaos (UK), Lemming Film (Netherlands), Maipo Film (Norway), Masha (US), Razor Film (Germany) Spiro (Israel), Unité (France) and Versus Production (Belgium).
“We are happy and proud that our highly esteemed colleagues and also longtime friends from Komplizen Film are going to join the Creatives family,” said Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner, co-CEOs of the other German member Razor Film.
Komplizen Film’s Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach added that they were very much looking forward to joining forces with “a network of exquisite international and independent producers who share our visions in a rapid and dynamic industry.”...
Quite the opposite of my other favorite films of Cannes where it premiered along with Plus que jamais aka More Than Ever directed by Emily Atef and also starring a luminous Vicky Krieps, Revoir Paris aka ‘Paris Memorie by Alice Winocour and totally forgotten by now, and Un beau matin aka One Fine Morning by Mia Hansen-Love and starring Lea Seydoux in one of her best roles, where the female protagonists heed their inner voices to lead them on their unique pathways to peace. This film nevertheless features a top performance by Vicky Krieps (The Phantom Thread, Plus que jambs) for which she won the Cannes Award for Best Actress in a modern rendition of celebrity royalty.
Vicky Krieps, Luxembourg’s top star
Recalling Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette with its touches of modernism like in the songs sung for royal entertainment, or recalling the real life Princess Diana’s own futile quest for inner peace, Corsage stands on the brilliant direction by Marie Kreutzer who also wrote the screenplay. Beautiful cinematophy by Judith Kaufmann, striking music by Camille, superb editing by Ulrike Kofler. The costumes by Monika Buttinger are extraordinary! The attractive production design may be by another woman but it is uncredited in IMDb. In all, the crew is comprised of a majority of women.
Elisabeth has gone down in history as an empress of eternal youthfulness and beauty. For more than three decades she was regarded as the most beautiful queen in Europe. When Sisi married at 16, she was carefree and frivolous, and imagined herself in love with Emperor Franz Joseph who was head over heals in love with her.
In this rendition of her story, Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.
The glamour of her clothes and the portraits and sculptures of her are still intoxicating while in fact, and as shown in the film, to her, they were toxic reminders to her of lost youth.
Today her life is displayed as kitsch; just visit Vienna to see.
She spent hours each day in efforts to preserve her legendary beauty. Her most striking feature was her thick, ankle-length hair, the care of which required enormous expenditure of time. Franziska Feifalik, the empress’s personal hairdresser, skilfully contrived ingenious hairstyles, including the famous braided crown.
She expressed hardly any political opinions in the final decades of her life. Having put immense pressure on the emperor during the negotiations with Hungary for the Compromise by which the lands of the House of Habsburg were reorganized as a real union between the Austrian Empire and the Hungarian Kingdom, a unpopular event, Elisabeth was forbidden by her husband to interfere in politics ever again. The event is eluded to in the course of telling the story of her progressive retreat from public life.
Elisabeth withdrew from the court and began to lead her own life according to her inclinations. This is where the film begins.
Watch the trailer here.
She spent hours on horseback, riding and dressage; she composed verses in the style of the German poet Heinrich Heine and she travelled frequently. In her apartment she had a gymnastic apparatus set up and performed a strenuous daily program of exercises, which scandalized the court.
After the tragic suicide of her son Rudolf in 1889 the empress only appeared in mourning on official occasions in the lands of the Monarchy and retreated into her grief. Black veils and fans completed the image of the grieving, withdrawn woman. In the film, we do not know of Rudolf’s death but we see her dressed in black and may wonder what precipitated that.
A few other questions remain unanswered in the film, like what were her deepest feelings about her husband and what were his about her? He had numerous mistresses, but their love making, when it finally happens, is both seductive and tender, and she chooses a proper mistress for him as if to replace her in his affections.
Most disappointing is her never finding a way of life for herself. Krieps’ depiction of a life with all exits but one cut off is deeply moving until one realizes that given all she had going for her, she was not able to grow in any way.
After its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it went on to play at the Munich International Film Festval, then going to the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival and in September to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Isa MK2 has so far sold the film to Ifc for No. America, Ad Vitam for France, Alamode for Germany, Panda Lichtspiele for Austria, Angel for Denmark, Picturehouse for U.K. and Ireland, The Searchers for Benelux, Ascot Elite for Switzerland, Cirko for Hungary, European Film Forum Scanorama for the Baltics, Bim for Italy, Green Narae for So. Korea, Hooray for Taiwan.
From Screen:
The production company behind the film, Germany’s Komplizen Film has become the 10th member of The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies that work together to co-produce, form strategic partnerships and share information and talent and buyer networks.They are looking at a three-year partnership for developing and funding select series with Fremantle.
Komplizen principals are Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade and Jonas Dornbach. It is one of the key players on the international arthouse film scene, working with directors including Radu Jude, Miguel Gomes, Nadav Lapid, Sonja Heiss and Valeska Griesbach as well as producing Ade’s own three features to date, including her 2016 international hit Toni Erdmann.
Their film was Nicolette Krebitz’s A E I O U — A Quick Alphabet Of Love in the Berlinale Competition in 2022. They have also co-produced Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, with the UK’s Shoebox Films.
In 2019, the company expanded into producing for television with the establishment of Komplizen Serien and went on to make the Frankfurt-based series Skylines for Netflix.
The other companies in The Creatives are Haut et Court (France), Good Chaos (UK), Lemming Film (Netherlands), Maipo Film (Norway), Masha (US), Razor Film (Germany) Spiro (Israel), Unité (France) and Versus Production (Belgium).
“We are happy and proud that our highly esteemed colleagues and also longtime friends from Komplizen Film are going to join the Creatives family,” said Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner, co-CEOs of the other German member Razor Film.
Komplizen Film’s Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach added that they were very much looking forward to joining forces with “a network of exquisite international and independent producers who share our visions in a rapid and dynamic industry.”...
- 12/18/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Corsage director/screenwriter Marie Kreutzer on the interactions between Sisi (Vicky Krieps), Emperor Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister), and King Ludwig II (Manuel Rubey): “Control is a big thing in the whole story for me.” Photo: Robert M Brandstaetter, courtesy IFC Films Release
Marie Kreutzer’s laser focus in Corsage is on Sisi, Empress Elisabeth of Austria turning 40 years old. Vicky Krieps (Best Actress European Film Awards and Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Best Performance Award shared with Adam Bessa for Lotfy Nathan’s Harka) is in excellent form and up to the task of presenting to us the icon in all her idiosyncrasies.
Marie Kreutzer with Anne-Katrin Titze: “It was very important for me that the costumes as well as the production design would not just be romantic and luxurious …”
In the first instalment with Marie Kreutzer, we discuss her use of Camille’s song, She Was, her...
Marie Kreutzer’s laser focus in Corsage is on Sisi, Empress Elisabeth of Austria turning 40 years old. Vicky Krieps (Best Actress European Film Awards and Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Best Performance Award shared with Adam Bessa for Lotfy Nathan’s Harka) is in excellent form and up to the task of presenting to us the icon in all her idiosyncrasies.
Marie Kreutzer with Anne-Katrin Titze: “It was very important for me that the costumes as well as the production design would not just be romantic and luxurious …”
In the first instalment with Marie Kreutzer, we discuss her use of Camille’s song, She Was, her...
- 12/14/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Click here to read the full article.
In IFC Films’ Corsage, Vicky Krieps stars as Empress Elisabeth of Austria (known affectionately as Sisi) during a particular life crisis: middle age. After turning 40, the celebrated beauty finds herself fading — at least, she’s convinced as much. With her children grown and her relationship with Emperor Franz Joseph I threatened by her indifference to royal obligations, the disaffected royal becomes bored with her life, wanting nothing more than to hide away from the public that still watches her every move as if she were a 19th century influencer.
Marie Kreutzer
Writer-director Marie Kreutzer’s irreverent biopic mixes the stoicism of a classic costume drama with postmodern twists, incorporating anachronistic songs (a chamber version of the Rolling Stones’ “As Tears Go By” is heard on the soundtrack) and modern-day vulgar hand gestures. The film also plays fast and loose with historical accuracy; rather than a traditional biography,...
In IFC Films’ Corsage, Vicky Krieps stars as Empress Elisabeth of Austria (known affectionately as Sisi) during a particular life crisis: middle age. After turning 40, the celebrated beauty finds herself fading — at least, she’s convinced as much. With her children grown and her relationship with Emperor Franz Joseph I threatened by her indifference to royal obligations, the disaffected royal becomes bored with her life, wanting nothing more than to hide away from the public that still watches her every move as if she were a 19th century influencer.
Marie Kreutzer
Writer-director Marie Kreutzer’s irreverent biopic mixes the stoicism of a classic costume drama with postmodern twists, incorporating anachronistic songs (a chamber version of the Rolling Stones’ “As Tears Go By” is heard on the soundtrack) and modern-day vulgar hand gestures. The film also plays fast and loose with historical accuracy; rather than a traditional biography,...
- 12/11/2022
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Principessa Sissi in Italy (where she is revered), still regularly features on chocolate boxes in cities such as Turin and Trieste. Thanks to the huge popularity of films about her featuring Romy Schneider, not to mention an Italian-French cartoon series depicting royal intrigue and the love story between the plucky princess and her beloved Franz, Sissi remains enthroned as the people’s princess for many Europeans. But they will be in for a surprise when they get to see Corsage, Marie Kreutzer’s fabulous Elisabethan drama with an outstanding and positively regal performance from Vicky Krieps.
Kreutzer has chosen to focus on Elisabeth as a middle-aged empress. The corsage of the title refers to the corset our heroine wears, struggling to maintain her girlish and seemingly improbable 18-inch waist as her 40th birthday looms. Elisabeth is cranky and contemptuous, regally haughty and prone to fits of pique.
Kreutzer has chosen to focus on Elisabeth as a middle-aged empress. The corsage of the title refers to the corset our heroine wears, struggling to maintain her girlish and seemingly improbable 18-inch waist as her 40th birthday looms. Elisabeth is cranky and contemptuous, regally haughty and prone to fits of pique.
- 11/15/2022
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
‘Corsage’ Plays Cannes 2022A corsage is not a flower but a corset gripping the very guts of Sisi, the Empress of the Hapsburg Empire. Married at 16, by 40, hating aging and gaining weigh, Sisi pines away, never finding a pathway toward life. Quite the opposite of my other favorite films of Cannes, ‘Plus que jamais’/ ‘More Than Ever’, ‘Revoir Paris’ / ‘Paris Memories’ and ‘Un beau matin’/ ‘One Fine Morning’, where the female portagonists heed their inner voices to lead them on their unique pathways to peace, this film nevertheless features a top performance of Vicky Krieps (‘Plus que jamais’, ‘The Phantom Thread’) in a modern rendition of celebrity royalty.
Recalling Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette with its touches of modernism like the songs sung for royal entertainment, or recalling the real life Princess Diana’s own futile quest for inner peace, Corsage stands on its own brilliant direction by Marie Kreutzer, cinematophy by…, set design, costume design, screen writing and music.
When Sisi married at 16, she was carefree and frivolous, and imagined herself in love with Emperor Franz Joseph who was head over heals in love with him.
Elisabeth has gone down in history as an empress of eternal youthfulness and beauty. For more than three decades she was regarded as the most beautiful queen in Europe. She expressed hardly any political opinions in the final decades of her life, and she had withdrawn almost entirely from public life.
Her life today is displayed as kitsch; just visit Vienna to see. The glamour of her clothes and the portraits and sculptures of her still are still intoxicating while in fact, and as shown in the film, they were toxic.
In this rendition of her story, Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Watch the trailer here.
Having put immense pressure on the emperor during the negotiations with Hungary for the Compromise by which the lands of the House of Habsburg were reorganized as a real union between the Austrian Empire and the Hungarian Kingdom, a unpopular event, Elisabeth was forbidden by her husband to interfere in politics ever again.
Consequently Elisabeth withdrew from the court and began to lead her own life according to her inclinations. This is where the film begins. She spent hours on riding and dressage, composed verses in the style of the German poet Heinrich Heine and travelled frequently. In her apartment she had gymnastic apparatus set up and performed a strenuous daily program of exercises, which scandalized the court.
She spent hours each day in efforts to preserve her legendary beauty. Her most striking feature was her thick, ankle-length hair, the care of which required enormous expenditure of time. Franziska Feifalik, the empress’s personal hairdresser, skilfully contrived ingenious hairstyles, including the famous braided crown.
After the tragic suicide of her son Rudolf in 1889 the empress only appeared in mourning on official occasions in the lands of the Monarchy and retreated into her grief. Black veils and fans completed the image of the grieving, withdrawn woman. In the film, we do not know of Rudolf’s death but we see her dressed in black and may wonder what precipitated that.
A few other questions remain unanswered in the film, like what were her deepest feelings about her husband and what were his about her? He had numerous mistresses, but their love making, when it finally happens, is both seductive and tender, and she chooses a proper mistress for him as if to replace her in his affections.
Most disappointing is her never finding a way of life for herself. Krieps’ depiction of a life with all exits but one cut off is deeply moving until one realizes that given all she had, she was not able to grow in any way. The costumes by Monika Buttinger are extraordinary!
After its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it went on to play at the Munich International Film Festval, then going to the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival and in September to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Isa MK2 has so far sold the film to Ifc for No. America, Ad Vitam for France, Alamode for Germany, Panda Lichtspiele for Austria, Angel for Denmark, Picturehouse for U.K. and Ireland, The Searchers for Benelux, Ascot Elite for Switzerland, Cirko for Hungary, European Film Forum Scanorama for the Baltics, Bim for Italy, Green Narae for So. Korea, Hooray for Taiwan.
Recalling Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette with its touches of modernism like the songs sung for royal entertainment, or recalling the real life Princess Diana’s own futile quest for inner peace, Corsage stands on its own brilliant direction by Marie Kreutzer, cinematophy by…, set design, costume design, screen writing and music.
When Sisi married at 16, she was carefree and frivolous, and imagined herself in love with Emperor Franz Joseph who was head over heals in love with him.
Elisabeth has gone down in history as an empress of eternal youthfulness and beauty. For more than three decades she was regarded as the most beautiful queen in Europe. She expressed hardly any political opinions in the final decades of her life, and she had withdrawn almost entirely from public life.
Her life today is displayed as kitsch; just visit Vienna to see. The glamour of her clothes and the portraits and sculptures of her still are still intoxicating while in fact, and as shown in the film, they were toxic.
In this rendition of her story, Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Watch the trailer here.
Having put immense pressure on the emperor during the negotiations with Hungary for the Compromise by which the lands of the House of Habsburg were reorganized as a real union between the Austrian Empire and the Hungarian Kingdom, a unpopular event, Elisabeth was forbidden by her husband to interfere in politics ever again.
Consequently Elisabeth withdrew from the court and began to lead her own life according to her inclinations. This is where the film begins. She spent hours on riding and dressage, composed verses in the style of the German poet Heinrich Heine and travelled frequently. In her apartment she had gymnastic apparatus set up and performed a strenuous daily program of exercises, which scandalized the court.
She spent hours each day in efforts to preserve her legendary beauty. Her most striking feature was her thick, ankle-length hair, the care of which required enormous expenditure of time. Franziska Feifalik, the empress’s personal hairdresser, skilfully contrived ingenious hairstyles, including the famous braided crown.
After the tragic suicide of her son Rudolf in 1889 the empress only appeared in mourning on official occasions in the lands of the Monarchy and retreated into her grief. Black veils and fans completed the image of the grieving, withdrawn woman. In the film, we do not know of Rudolf’s death but we see her dressed in black and may wonder what precipitated that.
A few other questions remain unanswered in the film, like what were her deepest feelings about her husband and what were his about her? He had numerous mistresses, but their love making, when it finally happens, is both seductive and tender, and she chooses a proper mistress for him as if to replace her in his affections.
Most disappointing is her never finding a way of life for herself. Krieps’ depiction of a life with all exits but one cut off is deeply moving until one realizes that given all she had, she was not able to grow in any way. The costumes by Monika Buttinger are extraordinary!
After its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it went on to play at the Munich International Film Festval, then going to the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival and in September to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Isa MK2 has so far sold the film to Ifc for No. America, Ad Vitam for France, Alamode for Germany, Panda Lichtspiele for Austria, Angel for Denmark, Picturehouse for U.K. and Ireland, The Searchers for Benelux, Ascot Elite for Switzerland, Cirko for Hungary, European Film Forum Scanorama for the Baltics, Bim for Italy, Green Narae for So. Korea, Hooray for Taiwan.
- 11/11/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
By Abe Friedtanzer
Actress Vicky Krieps, who was introduced to American audiences in a big way in a performance that should have earned her an Oscar nomination for Phantom Thread, is getting a lot of work lately. She had a prominent role in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old and stars in Mathieu Amalric’s Hold Me Tight, which is now playing in theaters. Most notably, she tied for the best performance prize in the 'Un Certain Regard' section at Cannes this summer for Corsage. It's a movie she both conceived of and executive produced, and now it's become Austria’s official Oscar entry.
Krieps plays Elisabeth, the Empress of Austria in 1878. The popular royal figurehead is turning forty, and she’s also watching her life slip away as her husband, Emperor Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister), relegates her to uninteresting duties that don’t serve any true purpose...
Actress Vicky Krieps, who was introduced to American audiences in a big way in a performance that should have earned her an Oscar nomination for Phantom Thread, is getting a lot of work lately. She had a prominent role in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old and stars in Mathieu Amalric’s Hold Me Tight, which is now playing in theaters. Most notably, she tied for the best performance prize in the 'Un Certain Regard' section at Cannes this summer for Corsage. It's a movie she both conceived of and executive produced, and now it's become Austria’s official Oscar entry.
Krieps plays Elisabeth, the Empress of Austria in 1878. The popular royal figurehead is turning forty, and she’s also watching her life slip away as her husband, Emperor Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister), relegates her to uninteresting duties that don’t serve any true purpose...
- 9/16/2022
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- FilmExperience
‘Corsage’ Star Vicky Krieps on Playing a ‘Princess Imprisoned in the Image of Being a Woman’ (Video)
Vicky Krieps, the actress from Luxembourg who introduced herself to a new audience by playing a headstrong woman in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread,” has come to TIFF 2022 with “Corsage,” a drama about a woman Krieps has felt a connection to since she was 15: Austrian Empress Elisabeth.
Krieps and director Maria Kreutzer stopped by TheWrap and Shutterstock’s Interview and Portrait Studio at the Toronto Film Festival to talk about “Corsage,” which follows the Empress (Krieps) on her 40th birthday, an age that, according to 19th century Bavarian society, made her an old woman. Feeling increasingly isolated by both royal circles and her own husband, Emperor Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister), Elisabeth finds herself imprisoned by her own elite status and starts looking for any way to rebel against it, no matter how small.
Krieps said that growing up, she felt free to do whatever she wished and admired...
Krieps and director Maria Kreutzer stopped by TheWrap and Shutterstock’s Interview and Portrait Studio at the Toronto Film Festival to talk about “Corsage,” which follows the Empress (Krieps) on her 40th birthday, an age that, according to 19th century Bavarian society, made her an old woman. Feeling increasingly isolated by both royal circles and her own husband, Emperor Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister), Elisabeth finds herself imprisoned by her own elite status and starts looking for any way to rebel against it, no matter how small.
Krieps said that growing up, she felt free to do whatever she wished and admired...
- 9/13/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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