'' Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress '' ( '' '' ) is a 1957 film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider , Karlheinz Böhm , Magda Schneider , Gustav Knuth and Josef Meinrad , costumes by ( Gerda Gottschlich ) . It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival . It is the last film in the '' Sissi '' trilogy , following '' Sissi '' ( 1955 ) and '' Sissi – The Young Empress '' ( 1956 ) . The director Ernst Marischka planned a fourth film , but Schneider refused to play '' Sissi '' any longer . She appeared 15 years later again as Empress Elisabeth in Luchino Visconti 's 1972 film '' Ludwig ''
1958 Cannes Film Festival
1958 Cannes Film Festival
Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress